Hebrews 6:4-20

4For in the case of those who have once been 1enlightened and have tasted of 2the heavenly gift and have been made 3partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5and 4have tasted the good 5word of God and the powers of 6the age to come, 6and then have fallen away, it is 7impossible to renew them again to repentance, 89since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7For ground that drinks the rain which often 10falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those 11for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; 8but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and 12close 13to being cursed, and 14it ends up being burned.

9But, 15beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that 16accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. 10For 17God is not unjust so as to forget 18your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having 19ministered and in still ministering to the 20saints. 11And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence 21so as to realize the 22full assurance of 23hope until the end, 12so that you will not be sluggish, but 24imitators of those who through 25faith and patience 26inherit the promises.

13For 27when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He 28swore by Himself, 14saying, “29I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you.” 15And so, 30having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. 1631For men swear by 32one greater than themselves, and with them 33an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. 1734In the same way God, desiring even more to show to 35the heirs of the promise 36the unchangeableness of His purpose, 37interposed with an oath, 18so that by two unchangeable things in which 38it is impossible for God to lie, we who have 39taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of 40the hope set before us. 1941This 42hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which 43enters 44within the veil, 2045where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a 46high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.