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Hebrews 6:6
if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame.
if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame.
Verse Hebrews 6:6. _IF THEY SHALL FALL AWAY_] και παραπεσοντας _And having_ _fallen away_. I can express my own mind on this translation nearly in the words of Dr. Macknight: "The participles φωτισθε...
IF THEY SHALL FALL AWAY - literally, “and having fallen away.” “There is no if in the Greek in this place - “having fallen away.” Dr. John P. Wilson. It is not an affirmation that any had actually fal...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Return to Judaism the crucifixion of the Son of God afresh (Hebrews 6:1)_ 2. Persuaded of better things: Comfort and hope (Hebrews 6:9) Hebrews 6:1 A solemn warning follows, addresse...
Though not without misgiving the writer has resolved to advance to perfection_ i.e._ to the exposition of Christian truth in its higher development, and to take for granted the knowledge of the bare e...
THE NECESSITY OF PROGRESS (Hebrews 6:1-3)...
For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, those who tasted the free gift from heaven, those who were made sharers in the Holy Spirit, those who tasted the fair word...
IF, &C.. And fall away. Greek. _parapipto._ Only here. RENEW. Greek. _anakainizo._ Only here. UNTO. Greek. _eis_. App-104. SEEING, &C. = crucifying (_as they do)_, &c. Greek. _anattcuroo._ Only her...
_if they shall fall away_ This is one of the most erroneous translations in the A.V. The words can only mean "_and have fallen away_" (comp. Hebrews 2:1; Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 10:26;...
THE AWFULNESS OF APOSTASY...
ΠΑΡΑΠΕΣΌΝΤΑΣ. The rendering “if they _shall_ fall away” is one of the most erroneous translations in the A. V. The words can only mean “_and have fallen away_” (comp. Hebrews 2:1; Hebrews 3:12; Hebrew...
A WARNING AGAINST APOSTASY -- HEBREWS 6:1-6 : In Christianity there are many fundamental principles that must be carefully taught and learned. Sadly many never learn these principles. Some who learn t...
ΠΑΡΑΠΕΣΌΝΤΑΣ _aor. act. part._ (cond.) от ΠΑΡΑΠΊΠΤΩ (G3895) отпадать, сбиваться с пути, пропускать; позже в богословском значении, отпадать, становиться отступником (BAGD; GELTS, 355). Это ничего не г...
DISCOURSE: 2290 THE DANGER OF APOSTASY Hebrews 6:4. It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tast...
IF THEY SHALL FALL AWAY,— Two things are here to be observed; _First,_ That the apostle speaks of such as not only _fell away_ or _apostatized_ from the genuine experience of the Christian, but also f...
C. _The awful consequences of falling away. Hebrews 6:4-8_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 6:4-8 Hebrews 6:4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers
THE TWOFOLD WORKING OF THE SPIRIT (Hebrews 6:4-6) In our last article we attempted little more than an explication of the terms used in Hebrews 6:4-6. Lack of space prevented us from throwing upon th...
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. IF, [ kai (G2532) parapesontas (G3895)] - 'And ...
1 The chief priest in Israel was able to sympathize with the human frailties of the people because he himself had the same, and sinned, like the rest. But Christ's sufferings, unspeakably more trying...
CRUCIFY.. AFRESH] They take the part of those unbelieving Jews who rejected Christ and openly reviled Him: cp. Hebrews 10:29....
WARNING AND ENCOURAGEMENT 1. Leaving.. let us go on] RV 'let us cease to speak of.. and press on.' The words are either an exhortation to the readers to advance beyond the elementary stage of Christia...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS IS SUPERIOR IN PROMISES 6:1-20 GROW AS CHRISTIANS *FAITH 6:1-3 V1-2 So, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about Christ...
IF THEY SHALL FALL AWAY. — Rather, _and_ (_then_) _fell away._ There is no doubt that the ordinary translation is altogether incorrect, the Greek admitting of one rendering only. At the same time, the...
CHAPTER V. THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RENEWAL. "Of Whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing. For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers...
Hebrews 6:4-6 give the writer's reason for not attempting again to lay a foundation. It is, he says, to attempt an impossibility. The statement falls into three parts: (1) A description of a class of...
καὶ παραπεσόντας, “and fell away,” _i.e._, from the condition depicted by the preceding participles; “grave verbum subito occurrens” (Bengel). The word in classical Greek has the meaning “fall in with...
“PRESS ON UNTO FULL GROWTH” Hebrews 5:11; Hebrews 6:1 The teacher has to suit his pace to his scholars. How much we miss because we are such inapt pupils! Milk is food which has passed through anothe...
This chapter consists of the third appeal and warning. The appeal is that they should leave the first principles and press on to perfection. The things referred to were Jewish, and all have spiritual...
SOME IMPOSSIBLE TO RENEW One might ask why it is important to go on to perfection. The writer answered in a very forceful way. He said it was impossible to bring those who had fallen away back to repe...
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they (d) crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame. (d) As men that hate Christ, and as though t...
(4) For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, (5) And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
6._To renew them again into repentance, etc. _Though this seems hard, yet there is no reason to charge God with cruelty when any one suffers only the punishment of his own defection; nor is this incon...
Now the Spirit will not stop at this point with Christians, but will go on to that full revelation of His glory which belongs to them that are of full age and indeed forms us for that state. We easily...
IF THEY SHALL FALL AWAY,.... This is not supposed of true believers, as appears from Hebrews 6:9 nor is it to be supposed of them that they may fall totally and finally; they may indeed fall, not only...
῞Αδύνατον γάρ τοὺς ἅπαξ φωτισθέντας, γευσαμένους τε τῆς δωρεᾶς τῆςἐπουρανίου, καὶ μετόχους γενηθέντας Πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ καλὸν γευσαμένους Θεοῦ ῥῆμα, δυνάμεις τε μέλλοντος αἰῶνος, καὶ παραπεσόντας,...
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put _him_ to an open shame. Ver. 6. _If they shall fall away_] Totally and f...
HEB. 6:4-6. FOR (IT IS) IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED, AND HAVE TASTED OF THE HEAVENLY GIFT, AND WERE MADE PARTAKERS OF THE HOLY GHOST. AND HAVE TASTED THE GOOD WORD OF GOD, AND THE...
_If they fall away_ Literally, _and have fallen away._ The preceding participles, φωτισθεντας, γευσαμενους, and γενηθεντας, being aorists, says Macknight, “are rightly rendered by our translators in t...
FALL AWAY; renounce Christianity, turn against Christ, and openly apostatize from his religion. If they do this they will perish, because they renounce the only way of salvation, and treat Christ as a...
Verse 1 of this chapter is not properly translated in the Authorized Version, and it should be evident that we must never leave "the principles of the doctrine of Christ." Divine principles and sound...
1-8 Every part of the truth and will of God should be set before all who profess the gospel, and be urged on their hearts and consciences. We should not be always speaking about outward things; these...
OLBGrk; IF THEY SHALL FALL AWAY; a falling away, or apostatizing, in proportion like Adam, such a paraptwma as his was, ROMANS 5:15, whereby they are totally unchristianed, as he was turned into a sin...
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third Those then who are to repent, if they do repent, will be strong in faith, if they now repent while the tower is building. For if the building be finished, there will n...
Hebrews 6:6 if G2532 away G3895 (G5631) them G340 (G5721) again G3825 to G1519 repentance G3341 again...
Hebrews 6:4. FOR. A reason for each of the previous clauses: ‘This will we do,' for the case is urgent; without further knowledge you may fall away. If God permit,' for the case may be even now hopele...
CHAP. Hebrews 5:11 to Hebrews 6:20. The writer, knowing how unprepared his readers were to admit that the Aaronic priesthood was inferior to that of Melchisedec and to that of Christ (who was the anti...
Hebrews 6:4-7. These verses have deep significance and are difficult of interpretation. In the early Church a sect arose who gathered from them that those who sinned after baptism either generally or...
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RENEW THEM AGAIN (αδυνατον παλιν ανακαινιζειν). The αδυνατον (impossible) comes first in verse Hebrews 6:4 without εστιν (is) and there is no "them" in the Greek. There are three...
Hebrews 6:4 Exhortation. I. The danger of apostasy. The Hebrews had become lukewarm, negligent and inert; the Gospel, once clearly seen and dearly loved by them, had become to them dim and vague; the...
Hebrews 6:4 The Renewal of Those Who Fall Away. The words of the Apostle in the text are very strong and very startling, and I can easily believe that they have often caused pain and misgiving to Ch...
Hebrews 6:6 I, Various as have been God's dealings with the world, there is, after all, a terrible impartiality in His dispensations to His rational creatures. He can hear us all in the same court, an...
In the previous chapter, Paul was writing to some who ought to have been teachers, but who needed still to be taught the first principles of the gospel; they were such babes in grace that they needed...
CONTENTS: Warning against mixture of law and grace. Danger of tasting the Spirit's work in grace and then going back to ceremonies. CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Melchisedec. CONCLUS...
Hebrews 6:1. _Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,_ as a builder leaves the foundation to complete the superstructure, _let us go on to perfection,_ which he calls here, _telei...
AND THEN THEY FELL away!_ Beza_ in his Latin version made it read: "If they fall away," because he did not believe it possible for Chosen People to _fall away._ But a warning about something which cou...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:6 FALLEN AWAY involves a sustained, committed rejection of Christ and a departure from the Christian community. TO RESTORE THEM AGAIN TO REPENTANCE. This wording does not cla...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:4 This passage has been much debated. The central issue is whether vv. Hebrews 6:4 describes people who were once true Christians. (1) Some argue that the passage does descri...
THE PERIL OF FAILING TO ADVANCE IN CHRISTIAN LIFE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 6:1. THEREFORE.—διό, since only the τέλειοι, advanced ones, are capable of receiving advanced instruction, yo...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 6:1, HEBREWS 6:2 WHEREFORE (since it is so incumbent on us to advance out of the state of milk-fed infants), LEAVING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST, LET US PRESS ON UNTO...
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, [that is the primaries, the word at the beginning of the gospel of Christ] let us go on to maturity; not laying again the foundation of repe...
2 Timothy 2:25; Hebrews 10:29; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 6:4; Isaiah 1:28;
If they shall fall away [κ α ι π α α π ε σ ο ν τ α ς]. Lit. and having fallen away. Comp. pesh fall, ch. 4 11. Parapiptein, N. T. o. It means to deviate, turn aside. Comp. LXX, Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel...
And have fallen away — Here is not a supposition, but a plain relation of fact. The apostle here describes the case of those who have cast away both the power and the form of godliness; who have lost...
Does this passage teach that it is possible for Christians to lose their salvation? PROBLEM: Hebrews 6:4-6 seems to be written for Christians because it contains certain characteristics that would be...