Hebrews 6:6

Hebrews 6:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
• New International Version (NIV)and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
• New Living Translation (NLT)and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.

Context of Hebrews 6:6

4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame. 7For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; 8but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

Hebrews 6:6 word by word

καὶ παραπεσόντας πάλιν ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ παραδειγματίζοντας.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifκαίkai · andG2532
• they shall fall awayπαραπίπτωparapiptō · to defectG3895
• to renew themἀνακαινίζωanakainizō · to restoreG340
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• repentanceμετάνοιαmetanoia · repentanceG3341
• seeing they crucifyἀνασταυρόωanastauroō · to recrucifyG388
• to themselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• the Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• putπαραδειγματίζωparadeigmatizō · to disgraceG3856

Cross-references for Hebrews 6:6

• Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
• Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
• Isaiah 1:28The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
• 2 Timothy 2:25in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
• Hebrews 10:29Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
• Zechariah 12:10“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
• Matthew 23:31“Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
• Luke 11:48In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
• Hebrews 12:2looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Matthew 27:38Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.
• Mark 15:29And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
• Luke 23:35And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.”

Commentaries on Hebrews 6:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6If they shall fall away - And having fallen away. I can express my own mind on this translation nearly in the words of Dr. Macknight: "The participles , who were enlightened, , have tasted, and , were made partakers, being aorists, are properly rendered by our translators in the past time; wherefore, , being an aorist, ought likewise to have been translated in the past time, Have fallen away. Nevertheless, our translators, following Beza, who without any…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6If they shall fall away - literally, “and having fallen away.” “There is no if in the Greek in this place - “having fallen away.” Dr. John P. Wilson. It is not an affirmation that any had actually fallen away, or that in fact they would do it; but the statement is, that “on the supposition that they had fallen away,” it would be impossible to renew them again. It is the same as supposing a case which in fact might never occur: as if we should say, “had a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6then have fallen away: This image reminds us of the people in the wilderness who disobeyed God and perished in the desert (Hebrews 3:17; 4:11; Numbers 14:1–4, 29–30). to be restored to repentance: They had repented before but showed no results from it (Hebrews 6:7–8). When people reject Christ and his ultimate sacrifice, they cannot find another way to repent. Rejecting the Son of God is like nailing him to the cross again. Crucifixion was the worst form…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. If--Greek, "And (yet) have fallen away"; compare a less extreme falling or declension, Ga 5:4, "Ye are fallen from grace." Here an entire and wilful apostasy is meant; the Hebrews had not yet so fallen away; but he warns them that such would be the final result of retrogression, if, instead of "going on to perfection," they should need to learn again the first principles of Christianity (He 6:1). to renew them again--They have been "once" (He 6:4)…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 6:6

• Apostasy
• Backsliders
• Jesus Continued
• Reprobacy
• Unpardonable Sin

In the dictionaries

• God
• Son of God
• Afresh
• Anchor
• Backslide
• Counsel
• Crucify
• Enlighten
• Immutable
• Nigh

Commentaries on Hebrews 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings