Study Desk

Therefore ^(a)leaving ^(b)the ^[a]elementary teaching about the ^[b]Christ, let us press on to ^[c](c)maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from ^(d)dead works and of faith toward God,

of ^(e)instruction about washings and ^(f)laying on of hands, and the ^(g)resurrection of the dead and ^(h)eternal judgment.

And this we will do, ⁽ⁱ⁾if God permits.

For in the case of those who have once been ^(j)enlightened and have tasted of ^(k)the heavenly gift and have been made ^(l)partakers of the Holy Spirit,

and ^(m)have tasted the good ⁽ⁿ⁾word of God and the powers of ^(o)the age to come,

and then have fallen away, it is ^(p)impossible to renew them again to repentance, ^[d](q)since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

For ground that drinks the rain which often ^[e]falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those ^(r)for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;

but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and ^(s)close ^[f]to being cursed, and ^[g]it ends up being burned.