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Literal Standard Version

Hebrews 6:3

and this we will do, if God may permit,

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.
Bible in Basic English
Now we will do this, if God lets us.
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

1For this reason, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, we may advance to perfection, not laying again a foundation of conversion from dead works, and of faith on God, 2of the teaching of immersions, also of laying on of hands, also of [the] resurrection of the dead, and of continuous judgment, 3and this we will do, if God may permit,4for [it is] impossible for those once enlightened, having also tasted of the heavenly gift, and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5and tasted the good saying of God, also the powers of the coming age, 6and having fallen away, to renew [them] again to conversion, having crucified to themselves the Son of God again, and exposed to public shame. 7For the earth, having drunk in the rain coming on it many times, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom it is also dressed, partakes of blessing from God, 8but that which is bearing thorns and briers [is] disapproved of, and near to cursing, whose end [is] for burning;

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 it comes to pass that mankind has begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, "An end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth has been full of violence from their presence; and behold, I am destroying them with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make an ark of gopher-wood for yourself; you make rooms within the Ark, and you have covered it from inside and from outside with pitch;
Genesis 6:15
and this [is] how you do it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the Ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
Genesis 6:16
you make a window for the Ark, and you finish it to a cubit from above; and you put the opening of the Ark in its side; you make it [with] lower, second, and third [stories].
Genesis 6:18
And I have established My covenant with you, and you have come into the Ark—you, and your sons, and your wife, and your son's wives with you;
Genesis 6:20
From the bird after its kind, and from the livestock after its kind, [and] from every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [kind] they come to you, to keep alive.
Numbers 11:17
and I have come down and spoken with you there, and have kept back of the Spirit which [is] on you, and have put [that One] on them, and they have borne some of the burden of the people with you, and you do not bear [it] alone.
Nehemiah 9:30
And You draw over them many years, || And testify against them by Your Spirit, || By the hand of Your prophets, || And they have not given ear, || And You give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,
Psalms 78:39
And He remembers that they [are] flesh, || A wind going on—and it does not return.

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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