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2009-05-26 00:29:32

vs. 1-3 - The author exhorts the readers to move on to maturity and describes the manner in which this is done. The following list describes what he means by elementary things - note: whatever he means by elementary things, he does not mean unimportant or basic things. Perhaps it is more like first things. The Greek word also means beginning . 1c - the main idea is in 1c: "Let us not lay again a foundation". I have not chosen to break out the prepositional phrase "of repentance from dead works", although that is the first of the series of "elementary" things. 4-6 - 4b-6a is a bilateral relating the If/Th relationship between 4a/6b. 4a goes together with 6b - "For it is impossible. . .to restore again to repentance". In fact, the ESV puts them together, eliminating the need for a bilateral and highlighting the If/Th relationship. I've kept them separate on the diagram to follow the Greek. vs. 7-8 - Originally, I took this as a positive/ negative relationship. Tyler pushes me towards seeing this as an alternative, however, because it is seems to be two different situations resulting from the same piece of land. It is not two different people, one who receives blessing and the other who is cursed. It is two different situations that could arise from the same piece of land. My current thought: The author seems to be stating a theoretical situation. In other words, he is saying "There are immature people among us, who have become dull of hearing the elementary doctrines of the truth (5:11-14). Therefore, let us move on to things of maturity, which we will do in the following chapters and verses. Here's why: These elementary truths have not produced repentance in these people, as evidenced by their lack of discernment and their failure to distinguish good from evil (5:14). Either they genuinely repented, but they are not persevering, or they never repented in the first place and they are perishing. Either way, they are in danger of fire because to repent and not turn from your sin is to crucify the son of God all overagain and hold him up to contempt. NOTE: IF/THEN clauses are conditional. Sometimes they guarantee a result, other times they only sets the conditions for a result. For example, "if I put my hand in the fire, I will get burned". 1. That doesn't mean I will put my hand in the fire. It only tells what will happen if I do. 2. It is a warning not to put my hand in the fire! 3. It implies that there is a possibility of putting my hand in the fire. 4. If I don't heed the warning, I will get burned. 5. If I see someone playing with fire, I know that they are in real danger of getting burned. 6. Someone may not believe this warning and test its veracity by putting their hand in the fire, in which case they will get burned. The reason is given in the nature of fire: it burns. In the same way, the author is saying that if the Believer falls away, it will be impossible to bring him back to repentance. However, 1. It doesn't say the Believer will fall away. It only shows what will happen if he does. 2. It is a warning for him not to fall away. 3. It implies that there is a possibility that he can fall away. Additional background must be brought in at this point. The Believer is secure in God's salvation (Rom. 8:28-30; Eph 1:12; etc. . .). Thus, is the author saying that in this case, if someone falls away - that is, all the way away - he was never truly saved? That raises the question, "what does it mean to fall away?" Hebrews 3 gives us the closest definition: 12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from e the living God . 13 But f exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by g the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we share(literally, "become partakers") in Christ, h if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. e See Matt. 16:16 f [ch. 10:24 , 25 ] g [ Isai. 44:20 ; Rom. 7:11 ; Eph. 4:22 ] h ver. 6 ; ch. 10:23 ; 1 Cor. 15:2 The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Heb 3:12-15). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. From this it can be observed: 1a. He is addressing "brothers". 1b.Falling away is caused by an evil, unbelieving heart (sounds unconverted!) 1c. Conclusion: He is addressing those who are in the church and profess Christ. 2. Falling away is from "the living God". 3. The decietfulness of sin leads us to be hardened (to God?) 4. The ground: we share in Christ if (conditional, not guaranteed) we hold (persevere) our original confidence (assurance) firm to the end. Conversely, if we hold (persevere) on to our original confidence (assurance) to the end, we share in Christ. Conclusion: An evil, unbelieving (and unconverted) heart will cause you to fall away from God because sin will be more appealing than God. But this is a deception. However, if we hold on (persevere) to our original confidence (assurance) to the end, then we share in Christ. I don't want to say more than the text, but it seems that in the context of the rest of Hebrews, it is rather saying, we can have assurance as long as we are holding on (that is persevering by preferring God to sin) Those who do not 4. If he doesn't head the warning, there is no longer a chance for repentance. 5. (I don't know if there is a co-relation to #5 above because "playing with fire" is not part of the original clause.) 6. If someone doubts this statement and tests it, there will no longer be a chance for repentance. The reason given for is in the nature of death: you can't crucify Jesus all over again. He conqured death. Why? Because Jesus died once for all. Rom. 8:6-11 6 We know that w our old self  1 x was crucified with him in order that y the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For z one who has died a has been set free  1 from sin. 8 Now b if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that c Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; d death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, e once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves f dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. w Eph. 4:22 ; Col. 3:9 1 Greek man x Gal. 2:20 ; 5:24 ; 6:14 y [ch. 7:24 ] z 1 Pet. 4:1 a [ver. 18 ] 1 Greek has been justified b 2 Tim. 2:11 ; [ 2 Cor. 4:10 ; 13:4 ] c Acts 13:34 ; Rev. 1:18 d [ch. 5:14 , 17 ] e See Heb. 7:27ff f See ver. 2 The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Ro 6:6-11). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. This seems to be the theme that the author of Hebrews picks up in the following chapters. Heb 7:27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. Heb 9:12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. Heb 9:26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself . Heb 10:10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all . "Once Christ and his sacrifice have been rejected, there is nowhere else to turn" (Paul Ellingworth, NIGTC, 323) Context: What does "therefore" refer to? Immediate context: 5:11-14 "Warning against apostacy". - They have become dull of hearing. Therefore, they are mere infants in the word, though they should be teachers. - Therefore , let us leave elementary things behind and move into maturity Problem : He has just said, you need someone to reteach you the basic things, now he says let's move past them. Solution : Is he being rhetorical? Of what does this "maturity" consist? - Milk, or immaturity, consists of the basic doctrine of Christ. This might include: 1. repentance from dead works 2. faith toward God 3. and instructions: about washings, laying on of hands, resurrection fo the dead and eternal judgment. Problem : The doctrine of Christ is essential. How do you move "past" it? Solution : Is he saying to "build on", rather than "move past" it? The rest of the passage seems rather, to describe the immature, not the mature. Preceding Context: Warning Passages 1. There is a possibility of drifting away if we neglect such a great salvation (2:1-3) 2 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since a the message declared by angels proved to be reliable and b every transgression or disobedience received a just c retribution, 3 d how shall we escape if we e neglect such a great salvation? a See Acts 7:53 b [ch. 10:28 ; Num. 15:30 , 31 ; Deut. 4:3 ; 17:2 , 5 , 12 ; 27:26 ] c ch. 10:35 ; 11:26 d [ch. 10:28 , 29 ; 12:25 ] e Matt. 22:5 (Gk.) [2. Jesus, was made "perfect" through suffering (2:10)] 10 For it t was fitting that he, u for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons v to glory, should make the w founder of their salvation x perfect through suffering. t [ Luke 24:26 ] u Rom. 11:36 v [ch. 3:1 ; Rom. 8:30 ] w [ch. 5:9 ] x ch. 5:9 ; 7:28 ; Luke 13:32 ; [ Phil. 3:12 ] [3. Therefore, he is able to help those who are being tempted. (2:18)] 1 8 For because he himself has suffered q when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. 4. We must hold our original confidence firm to the end, lest an evil, unbelieving heart leads some to become hard and fall away from the living God. (3:6b-15) And z we are his house if indeed we a hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.  1 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, b Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, 9 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works 10 for forty years. Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.’ 11 d As I swore in my wrath, ‘ They shall not enter my rest.’ ” 12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from e the living God. 13 But f exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by g the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we share in Christ, h if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said, b “ Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” z 1 Cor. 3:16 ; 6:19 ; 2 Cor. 6:16 ; Eph. 2:21 ; 1 Tim. 3:15 ; 1 Pet. 2:5 a ver. 14 ; ch. 6:11 ; Ps. 119:33 , 112 ; Matt. 10:22 ; Rev. 2:26 1 Some manuscripts insert firm to the end b ver. 15 ; ch. 4:7 ; Cited from Ps. 95:7-11 d ch. 4:3 , 5 e See Matt. 16:16 f [ch. 10:24 , 25 ] g [ Isai. 44:20 ; Rom. 7:11 ; Eph. 4:22 ] h ver. 6 ; ch. 10:23 ; 1 Cor. 15:2 b [See ver. 7 above] 5. The author is afraid that some may fail to have reached it (the rest) (4:1) 4 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem n to have failed to reach it. n ch. 12:15 6. Striving to enter that rest keeps us from falling (4:11) 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so v that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. v [ch. 3:12 ] Is this works-based? 7. We can hold fast to our confession because of our high priest (4:14ff). 14 Since then we have d a great high priest e who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, f let us hold fast our confession. d ch. 2:17 , 18 ; [ch. 10:21 ] e Eph. 4:10 f ch. 10:23

10000000006813 6813 Notes 2009-05-05 12:48:55 2009-05-26 00:29:32 vs. 1-3 - The author exhorts the readers to move on to maturity and describes the manner in which this is done. The following list describes what he means by elementary things - note: whatever he means by elementary things, he does not mean unimportant or basic things. Perhaps it is more like first things. The Greek word also means beginning . 1c - the main idea is in 1c: "Let us not lay again a foundation". I have not chosen to break out the prepositional phrase "of repentance from dead works", although that is the first of the series of "elementary" things. 4-6 - 4b-6a is a bilateral relating the If/Th relationship between 4a/6b. 4a goes together with 6b - "For it is impossible. . .to restore again to repentance". In fact, the ESV puts them together, eliminating the need for a bilateral and highlighting the If/Th relationship. I've kept them separate on the diagram to follow the Greek. vs. 7-8 - Originally, I took this as a positive/ negative relationship. Tyler pushes me towards seeing this as an alternative, however, because it is seems to be two different situations resulting from the same piece of land. It is not two different people, one who receives blessing and the other who is cursed. It is two different situations that could arise from the same piece of land. My current thought: The author seems to be stating a theoretical situation. In other words, he is saying "There are immature people among us, who have become dull of hearing the elementary doctrines of the truth (5:11-14). Therefore, let us move on to things of maturity, which we will do in the following chapters and verses. Here's why: These elementary truths have not produced repentance in these people, as evidenced by their lack of discernment and their failure to distinguish good from evil (5:14). Either they genuinely repented, but they are not persevering, or they never repented in the first place and they are perishing. Either way, they are in danger of fire because to repent and not turn from your sin is to crucify the son of God all overagain and hold him up to contempt. NOTE: IF/THEN clauses are conditional. Sometimes they guarantee a result, other times they only sets the conditions for a result. For example, "if I put my hand in the fire, I will get burned". 1. That doesn't mean I will put my hand in the fire. It only tells what will happen if I do. 2. It is a warning not to put my hand in the fire! 3. It implies that there is a possibility of putting my hand in the fire. 4. If I don't heed the warning, I will get burned. 5. If I see someone playing with fire, I know that they are in real danger of getting burned. 6. Someone may not believe this warning and test its veracity by putting their hand in the fire, in which case they will get burned. The reason is given in the nature of fire: it burns. In the same way, the author is saying that if the Believer falls away, it will be impossible to bring him back to repentance. However, 1. It doesn't say the Believer will fall away. It only shows what will happen if he does. 2. It is a warning for him not to fall away. 3. It implies that there is a possibility that he can fall away. Additional background must be brought in at this point. The Believer is secure in God's salvation (Rom. 8:28-30; Eph 1:12; etc. . .). Thus, is the author saying that in this case, if someone falls away - that is, all the way away - he was never truly saved? That raises the question, "what does it mean to fall away?" Hebrews 3 gives us the closest definition: 12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from e the living God . 13 But f exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by g the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we share(literally, "become partakers") in Christ, h if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. e See Matt. 16:16 f [ch. 10:24 , 25 ] g [ Isai. 44:20 ; Rom. 7:11 ; Eph. 4:22 ] h ver. 6 ; ch. 10:23 ; 1 Cor. 15:2 The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Heb 3:12-15). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. From this it can be observed: 1a. He is addressing "brothers". 1b.Falling away is caused by an evil, unbelieving heart (sounds unconverted!) 1c. Conclusion: He is addressing those who are in the church and profess Christ. 2. Falling away is from "the living God". 3. The decietfulness of sin leads us to be hardened (to God?) 4. The ground: we share in Christ if (conditional, not guaranteed) we hold (persevere) our original confidence (assurance) firm to the end. Conversely, if we hold (persevere) on to our original confidence (assurance) to the end, we share in Christ. Conclusion: An evil, unbelieving (and unconverted) heart will cause you to fall away from God because sin will be more appealing than God. But this is a deception. However, if we hold on (persevere) to our original confidence (assurance) to the end, then we share in Christ. I don't want to say more than the text, but it seems that in the context of the rest of Hebrews, it is rather saying, we can have assurance as long as we are holding on (that is persevering by preferring God to sin) Those who do not 4. If he doesn't head the warning, there is no longer a chance for repentance. 5. (I don't know if there is a co-relation to #5 above because "playing with fire" is not part of the original clause.) 6. If someone doubts this statement and tests it, there will no longer be a chance for repentance. The reason given for is in the nature of death: you can't crucify Jesus all over again. He conqured death. Why? Because Jesus died once for all. Rom. 8:6-11 6 We know that w our old self  1 x was crucified with him in order that y the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For z one who has died a has been set free  1 from sin. 8 Now b if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that c Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; d death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, e once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves f dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. w Eph. 4:22 ; Col. 3:9 1 Greek man x Gal. 2:20 ; 5:24 ; 6:14 y [ch. 7:24 ] z 1 Pet. 4:1 a [ver. 18 ] 1 Greek has been justified b 2 Tim. 2:11 ; [ 2 Cor. 4:10 ; 13:4 ] c Acts 13:34 ; Rev. 1:18 d [ch. 5:14 , 17 ] e See Heb. 7:27ff f See ver. 2 The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Ro 6:6-11). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. This seems to be the theme that the author of Hebrews picks up in the following chapters. Heb 7:27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. Heb 9:12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. Heb 9:26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself . Heb 10:10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all . "Once Christ and his sacrifice have been rejected, there is nowhere else to turn" (Paul Ellingworth, NIGTC, 323) Context: What does "therefore" refer to? Immediate context: 5:11-14 "Warning against apostacy". - They have become dull of hearing. Therefore, they are mere infants in the word, though they should be teachers. - Therefore , let us leave elementary things behind and move into maturity Problem : He has just said, you need someone to reteach you the basic things, now he says let's move past them. Solution : Is he being rhetorical? Of what does this "maturity" consist? - Milk, or immaturity, consists of the basic doctrine of Christ. This might include: 1. repentance from dead works 2. faith toward God 3. and instructions: about washings, laying on of hands, resurrection fo the dead and eternal judgment. Problem : The doctrine of Christ is essential. How do you move "past" it? Solution : Is he saying to "build on", rather than "move past" it? The rest of the passage seems rather, to describe the immature, not the mature. Preceding Context: Warning Passages 1. There is a possibility of drifting away if we neglect such a great salvation (2:1-3) 2 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since a the message declared by angels proved to be reliable and b every transgression or disobedience received a just c retribution, 3 d how shall we escape if we e neglect such a great salvation? a See Acts 7:53 b [ch. 10:28 ; Num. 15:30 , 31 ; Deut. 4:3 ; 17:2 , 5 , 12 ; 27:26 ] c ch. 10:35 ; 11:26 d [ch. 10:28 , 29 ; 12:25 ] e Matt. 22:5 (Gk.) [2. Jesus, was made "perfect" through suffering (2:10)] 10 For it t was fitting that he, u for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons v to glory, should make the w founder of their salvation x perfect through suffering. t [ Luke 24:26 ] u Rom. 11:36 v [ch. 3:1 ; Rom. 8:30 ] w [ch. 5:9 ] x ch. 5:9 ; 7:28 ; Luke 13:32 ; [ Phil. 3:12 ] [3. Therefore, he is able to help those who are being tempted. (2:18)] 1 8 For because he himself has suffered q when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. 4. We must hold our original confidence firm to the end, lest an evil, unbelieving heart leads some to become hard and fall away from the living God. (3:6b-15) And z we are his house if indeed we a hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.  1 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, b Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, 9 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works 10 for forty years. Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.’ 11 d As I swore in my wrath, ‘ They shall not enter my rest.’ ” 12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from e the living God. 13 But f exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by g the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we share in Christ, h if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said, b “ Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” z 1 Cor. 3:16 ; 6:19 ; 2 Cor. 6:16 ; Eph. 2:21 ; 1 Tim. 3:15 ; 1 Pet. 2:5 a ver. 14 ; ch. 6:11 ; Ps. 119:33 , 112 ; Matt. 10:22 ; Rev. 2:26 1 Some manuscripts insert firm to the end b ver. 15 ; ch. 4:7 ; Cited from Ps. 95:7-11 d ch. 4:3 , 5 e See Matt. 16:16 f [ch. 10:24 , 25 ] g [ Isai. 44:20 ; Rom. 7:11 ; Eph. 4:22 ] h ver. 6 ; ch. 10:23 ; 1 Cor. 15:2 b [See ver. 7 above] 5. The author is afraid that some may fail to have reached it (the rest) (4:1) 4 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem n to have failed to reach it. n ch. 12:15 6. Striving to enter that rest keeps us from falling (4:11) 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so v that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. v [ch. 3:12 ] Is this works-based? 7. We can hold fast to our confession because of our high priest (4:14ff). 14 Since then we have d a great high priest e who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, f let us hold fast our confession. d ch. 2:17 , 18 ; [ch. 10:21 ] e Eph. 4:10 f ch. 10:23 notes

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Hebrews

Hebrews 6:1-12

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tisch

esv

διὸ ἀφέντες τὸν τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ λόγον

Therefore [leaving] the elementary doctrine of Christ

ἐπὶ τὴν τελειότητα φερώμεθα

[let us] go on to maturity,

actionmanner

μὴ πάλιν θεμέλιον καταβαλλόμενοι μετανοίας ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων

not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works

καὶ πίστεως ἐπὶ θεόν

and of faith toward God,

βαπτισμῶν διδαχῆς

and of instruction about washings,

ἐπιθέσεώς τε χειρῶν

the laying on of hands,

ἀναστάσεώς τε νεκρῶν

the resurrection of the dead,

καὶ κρίματος αἰωνίου

and eternal judgment.

ideaexplanation

negativepositive

καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσομεν

And this we will do

ἐάνπερ ἐπιτρέπῃ ὁ θεός

if God permits.

conditional

ἀδύνατον γὰρ

For it is impossible, [to restore again to repentance vs. 6a]

τοὺς ἅπαξ φωτισθέντας

in the case of those who have once been enlightened,

γευσαμένους τε τῆς δωρεᾶς τῆς ἐπουρανίου

who have tasted the heavenly gift,

καὶ μετόχους γενηθέντας πνεύματος ἁγίου

and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

καὶ καλὸν γευσαμένους θεοῦ ῥῆμα

and have tasted the goodness of the word of God

δυνάμεις τε μέλλοντος αἰῶνος

and the powers of the age to come,

series

καὶ παραπεσόντας πάλιν

and [yet] have fallen away,

concessive

ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν

[It is impossible vs. 4a] to restore them again to repentance,

bilateral

ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ παραδειγματίζοντας

[re-crucifying to themselves] the Son of God and holding him up to contempt.

ground

γῆ γὰρ ἡ πιοῦσα τὸν

For the land that drinks in the rain

ἐπ' αὐτῆς ἐρχόμενον πολλάκις ὑετόν

that often falls on it,

καὶ τίκτουσα βοτάνην εὔθετον

and produces a beneficial crop

ἐκείνοις δι' οὓς καὶ γεωργεῖται

for whose sake it is also cultivated,

actionpurpose

μεταλαμβάνει εὐλογίας ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ

receives a blessing from God.

actionresult

ἐκφέρουσα δὲ ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους

But if it bears thorns and thistles,

ἀδόκιμος

it is worthless

καὶ κατάρας ἐγγύς

and near to being cursed,

ἧς τὸ τέλος εἰς καῦσιν

and its end is to be burned.

progression

alternative

comparison

πεπείσμεθα δὲ περὶ ὑμῶν ἀγαπητοί τὰ κρείσσονα

yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things--

καὶ ἐχόμενα σωτηρίας

things that belong to salvation

εἰ καὶ οὕτως λαλοῦμεν

though, we are speaking like this.

οὐ γὰρ ἄδικος ὁ θεὸς

For God is not unjust

ἐπιλαθέσθαι τοῦ ἔργου ὑμῶν καὶ τῆς ἀγάπης

so as to overlook your work and the love

ἧς ἐνεδείξασθε εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ

that you have shown for his name

διακονήσαντες τοῖς ἁγίοις

in serving the saints,

καὶ διακονοῦντες

as you still do.

temporal

ἐπιθυμοῦμεν δὲ ἕκαστον ὑμῶν

And we desire each one of you

τὴν αὐτὴν ἐνδείκνυσθαι σπουδὴν πρὸς τὴν πληροφορίαν τῆς ἐλπίδος ἄχρι τέλους

to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,

ἵνα μὴ νωθροὶ γένησθε

so that you may not be sluggish,

μιμηταὶ δὲ τῶν

but [that you might be] imitators of those

διὰ πίστεως καὶ μακροθυμίας κληρονομούντων τὰς ἐπαγγελίας

who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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10000000006813 6813 Arc 2009-05-05 12:48:55 2009-05-26 00:29:32 editing Hebrews 6 1 6 12 Hebrews 6:1-12 58 NT tisch esv i16657 i16658 i16659 i16616 διὸ ἀφέντες τὸν τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ λόγον Therefore [leaving] the elementary doctrine of Christ i16617 ἐπὶ τὴν τελειότητα φερώμεθα [let us] go on to maturity, actionmanner 1 1 i16660 i16618 μὴ πάλιν θεμέλιον καταβαλλόμενοι μετανοίας ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works i16661 i16619 καὶ πίστεως ἐπὶ θεόν and of faith toward God, i16620 βαπτισμῶν διδαχῆς and of instruction about washings, i16621 ἐπιθέσεώς τε χειρῶν the laying on of hands, i16622 ἀναστάσεώς τε νεκρῶν the resurrection of the dead, i16623 καὶ κρίματος αἰωνίου and eternal judgment. ideaexplanation 1 negativepositive 2 1 i16662 i16624 καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσομεν And this we will do i16625 ἐάνπερ ἐπιτρέπῃ ὁ θεός if God permits. conditional 2 1 actionmanner 1 i16663 i16664 i16665 i16666 i16667 i16626 ἀδύνατον γὰρ For it is impossible, [to restore again to repentance vs. 6a] i16668 i16627 τοὺς ἅπαξ φωτισθέντας in the case of those who have once been enlightened, i16669 i16670 i16628 γευσαμένους τε τῆς δωρεᾶς τῆς ἐπουρανίου who have tasted the heavenly gift, i16629 καὶ μετόχους γενηθέντας πνεύματος ἁγίου and have shared in the Holy Spirit, i16630 καὶ καλὸν γευσαμένους θεοῦ ῥῆμα and have tasted the goodness of the word of God i16631 δυνάμεις τε μέλλοντος αἰῶνος and the powers of the age to come, series i16632 καὶ παραπεσόντας πάλιν and [yet] have fallen away, concessive 2 ideaexplanation 1 i16633 ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν [It is impossible vs. 4a] to restore them again to repentance, bilateral 1 i16634 ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ παραδειγματίζοντας [re-crucifying to themselves] the Son of God and holding him up to contempt. ground 1 i16671 i16672 i16673 i16674 i16635 γῆ γὰρ ἡ πιοῦσα τὸν For the land that drinks in the rain i16636 ἐπ' αὐτῆς ἐρχόμενον πολλάκις ὑετόν that often falls on it, ideaexplanation 1 i16675 i16637 καὶ τίκτουσα βοτάνην εὔθετον and produces a beneficial crop i16638 ἐκείνοις δι' οὓς καὶ γεωργεῖται for whose sake it is also cultivated, actionpurpose 2 series i16639 μεταλαμβάνει εὐλογίας ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ receives a blessing from God. actionresult 2 i16676 i16640 ἐκφέρουσα δὲ ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους But if it bears thorns and thistles, i16677 i16641 ἀδόκιμος it is worthless i16642 καὶ κατάρας ἐγγύς and near to being cursed, i16643 ἧς τὸ τέλος εἰς καῦσιν and its end is to be burned. progression conditional 2 alternative comparison 1 i16678 i16679 i16680 i16644 πεπείσμεθα δὲ περὶ ὑμῶν ἀγαπητοί τὰ κρείσσονα yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things-- i16645 καὶ ἐχόμενα σωτηρίας things that belong to salvation ideaexplanation 1 i16646 εἰ καὶ οὕτως λαλοῦμεν though, we are speaking like this. concessive 2 1 i16681 i16682 i16647 οὐ γὰρ ἄδικος ὁ θεὸς For God is not unjust i16648 ἐπιλαθέσθαι τοῦ ἔργου ὑμῶν καὶ τῆς ἀγάπης so as to overlook your work and the love ideaexplanation 1 i16683 i16684 i16649 ἧς ἐνεδείξασθε εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ that you have shown for his name i16650 διακονήσαντες τοῖς ἁγίοις in serving the saints, actionmanner 1 i16651 καὶ διακονοῦντες as you still do. temporal 1 ideaexplanation 1 ground 1 concessive 2 1 i16685 i16686 i16652 ἐπιθυμοῦμεν δὲ ἕκαστον ὑμῶν And we desire each one of you i16653 τὴν αὐτὴν ἐνδείκνυσθαι σπουδὴν πρὸς τὴν πληροφορίαν τῆς ἐλπίδος ἄχρι τέλους to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, ideaexplanation 1 i16687 i16654 ἵνα μὴ νωθροὶ γένησθε so that you may not be sluggish, i16688 i16655 μιμηταὶ δὲ τῶν but [that you might be] imitators of those i16656 διὰ πίστεως καὶ μακροθυμίας κληρονομούντων τὰς ἐπαγγελίας who through faith and patience inherit the promises. ideaexplanation 1 negativepositive 2 actionpurpose 2 inference 2 1 1 1 tisch 25 esv 25 a 50 discourse