KJV + Strong's A Call to Maturity 1Thereforeleavingthe principlesof the doctrineof Christ,let us go onuntoperfection;notlayingagainthe foundationof repentancefromdeadworks,andof faithtowardGod,2Of the doctrineof baptisms,andof laying onof hands,andof resurrectionof the dead,andof eternaljudgment.3Andthiswill we do,ifGodpermit.4For[it is] impossiblefor those who were onceenlightened,andhave tastedof the heavenlygift,andwere madepartakersof the HolyGhost,5Andhave tastedthe goodwordof God,andthe powersof the worldto come,6Ifthey shall fall away,to renew themagainuntorepentance;seeing they crucifyto themselvesthe Sonof Godafresh,andput [him] to an open shame.7Forthe earthwhichdrinketh inthe rainthat comethoftuponit,andbringeth forthherbsmeetfor thembywhomit is dressed,receivethblessingfromGod:8Butthat which beareththornsandbriers[is] rejected,and[is] nighunto cursing;whoseend[is] tobe burned. 9But,beloved,we are persuadedbetter thingsofyou,andthings that accompanysalvation,thoughwethusspeak.10ForGod[is] notunrighteousto forgetyourworkandlabourof love,whichye have shewed{5625;1731:5669} towardhisname,in that ye have ministeredto the saints,anddo minister.11Andwe desirethat every oneof youdo shewthe samediligencetothe full assuranceof hopeuntothe end:12Thatye benotslothful,butfollowersof them who throughfaithandpatienceinheritthe promises. God's Promise is Certain 13Forwhen Godmade promiseto Abraham,becausehe couldswearbynogreater,he swarebyhimself,14Saying,SurelyblessingI will blessthee,andmultiplyingI will multiplythee.15Andso,after he had patiently endured,he obtainedthe promise.16Formenverilyswearbythe greater:andan oathforconfirmation[is] to theman endof allstrife.17WhereinGod,willingmore abundantlyto shewunto the heirsof promisethe immutabilityof hiscounsel,confirmed[it] by an oath:18Thatbytwoimmutablethings,inwhich[it was] impossiblefor Godto lie,we might havea strongconsolation,whohave fled for refugeto lay holdupon the hopeset before us:19Which[hope] we haveasan anchorof the soul,bothsureandstedfast,andwhich enterethintothat withinthe veil;20Whitherthe forerunnerisforusentered,[even] Jesus,madean high priestforeverafterthe orderof Melchisedec. |
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