{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/hebrews/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:44:03.894Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Hebrews","bookSlug":"hebrews","chapter":6,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on to what belongs to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"of the doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and this will we do if God permit."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves as they do the Son of God, and making a show of him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end is to be burned."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hebrews 6 (DBT)","markdown":"[Hebrews 6](https://primebible.com/dbt/hebrews/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/hebrews/6 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}