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Hebrews 6:3

Now we will do this, if God lets us.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Grace of God;   Will;   Thompson Chain Reference - Deterioration-Development;   Development, Spiritual;   Growth, Spiritual;   Spiritual;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Perseverance;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Perseverance;   Works, Good;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebrews;   Perseverance;   Security of the Believer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Enlightenment ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judas Iscariot ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Oracle;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 10;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And we will do this if God permits.
King James Version (1611)
And this will we doe, if God permit.
King James Version
And this will we do, if God permit.
English Standard Version
And this we will do if God permits.
New American Standard Bible
And this we will do, if God permits.
New Century Version
And we will go on to grown-up teaching if God allows.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And this we will do, if God permits.
Legacy Standard Bible
And this we will do, if God permits.
Berean Standard Bible
And this we will do, if God permits.
Contemporary English Version
Let's grow up, if God is willing.
Complete Jewish Bible
And, God willing, this is what we will do.
Darby Translation
and this will we do if God permit.
Easy-to-Read Version
And that's what we will do if God allows.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And this will we doe if God permit.
George Lamsa Translation
If the LORD permits, this we will do.
Good News Translation
Let us go forward! And this is what we will do, if God allows.
Lexham English Bible
And this we will do, if God permits.
Literal Translation
And this we will do, if indeed God permits.
Amplified Bible
And we will do this [that is, proceed to maturity], if God permits.
American Standard Version
And this will we do, if God permit.
Hebrew Names Version
This will we do, if God permits.
International Standard Version
And this we will do,Let us do this">[fn] if God permits.Acts 18:21; 1 Corinthians 4:19;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
If the Lord permit, we will do this.
Murdock Translation
We will do this, if the Lord permit.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And this wyll I do, yf God permit.
English Revised Version
And this will we do, if God permit.
World English Bible
This will we do, if God permits.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And this we will do, if God permit.
Weymouth's New Testament
And advance we will, if God permits us to do so.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this thing we schulen do, if God schal suffre.
Update Bible Version
And this we will do, if God permits.
Webster's Bible Translation
And this will we do, if God permit.
New English Translation
And this is what we intend to do, if God permits.
New King James Version
And this we will [fn] do if God permits.
New Living Translation
And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.
New Life Bible
We will go on, if God lets us.
New Revised Standard
And we will do this, if God permits.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, this, will we do, if at least, God, permit.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this will we do, if God permit.
Revised Standard Version
And this we will do if God permits.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And so will we do yf God permitte.
Young's Literal Translation
and this we will do, if God may permit,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And so wil we do yf God permytte.
Mace New Testament (1729)
of which we shall treat another time, if God permit.
Simplified Cowboy Version
but we're moving out.

Contextual Overview

1 For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God, 2 The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day. 3 Now we will do this, if God lets us. 4 As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit, 5 With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time, 6 And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him. 7 For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God: 8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: Acts 18:21, Romans 15:32, 1 Corinthians 4:19, 1 Corinthians 16:7, James 4:15

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.
Genesis 6:15
And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
Genesis 6:16
You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.
Genesis 6:18
But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 6:20
Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.
Numbers 11:17
And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.
Nehemiah 9:30
Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
Psalms 78:39
So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this will we do, if God permit. That is, leave the rites and ceremonies of the law, which were the rudiments, or first principles of the Gospel, and go on to a more perfect knowledge of Gospel truths; and, not lay again as the foundation of the ministry, or insist upon them as if they were the main things, even the above articles of the Jewish creed, especially in the, way and manner in which they had been taught and learnt: the sense is, that the apostle and his brethren, in the ministry were determined to insist upon the more solid and substantial parts of the Gospel, and which tended to bring on their hearers to perfection; and that it became the believing Hebrews to seek after a greater degree of knowledge under the ministry of the word. It is, or at least should be, the determination of a Gospel minister, to preach Christ, and the great truths of the Gospel; and wheresoever God has called him to it, though there may be many adversaries, and though he may be reproached, calumniated, and deserted: resolution in preaching the Gospel, and adhering to it, is very commendable in a minister; and it is very laudable in hearers to attend to it, stand by it, and search further into it; and which both should determine upon with a regard to the will of God, "if God permit": God's permission is much to be observed in the ministry of the word, in giving gifts to men, in placing them out here and there, where they shall exercise them, in directing them to subjects, and in making their ministry useful and successful: and it may be observed in general, that nothing can be done, or come to pass, good or bad, but what God permits or wills to be done; no good things, no actions, civil, natural, moral, or spiritual; no evil things, the evil of punishment, afflictions, the persecutions of wicked men, the temptations of Satan, heresies, and even immoralities.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And this will we do - We will make these advances toward a higher state of knowledge and piety. Paul had confidence that they would do it (see Hebrews 6:9-10), and though they had lingered long around the elements of Christian knowledge, he believed that they would yet go on to make higher attainments.

If God permit - This is not to be interpreted as if God was “unwilling” that they should make such advances, or as if it were “doubtful” whether he would allow it if they made an honest effort, and their lives were spared; but it is a phrase used to denote their “dependence” on him. It is equivalent to saying, “if he would spare their lives, their health, and their reason; if he would continue the means of grace, and would impart his Holy Spirit; if he would favor their efforts and crown them with success, they would make these advances.” In reference to anything that we undertake, however pleasing to God in itself, it is proper to recognize our entire dependence on God; see James 4:13-15; compare the notes on John 15:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 6:3. And this will we do — God being my helper, I will teach you all the sublime truths of the Gospel; and show you how all its excellences were typified by the law, and particularly by its sacrificial system.


 
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