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Hebrews 6:7
For the earth, which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God;
For the earth, which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God;
Verse Hebrews 6:7. _FOR THE EARTH WHICH DRINKETH IN THE RAIN_] As much as if he had said: In giving up such apostates as utterly incurable, we act as men do in cultivating their fields; for as the gr...
FOR THE EARTH - The design of the apostle by this comparison is apparent. It is to show the consequences of not making a proper use of all the privileges which Christians have, and the effect which wo...
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...
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...
THE NECESSITY OF PROGRESS (Hebrews 6:1-3)...
EARTH. Greek. _ge._ App-129. HERBS Greek. _botane._ Only here. MEET. fit. Greek. _euthetos._ Only here and Luke 9:62 with Luke 14:35. BY. on account of. Greek. _dia_ App-104.Hebrews 6:2.
_For the earth which drinketh in_ Rather, "For land which has drunk." Land of this kind, blessed and fruitful, resembles true and faithful Christians. The expression that the earth "drinks in" the rai...
THE AWFULNESS OF APOSTASY...
ἘΠʼ ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Σ. The ill-supported ἐπʼ αὐτὴν is the common phrase in this sense. 7. ΓΗ͂ ΓᾺΡ Ἡ ΠΙΟΥ͂ΣΑ. “_For land which has drunk_.” Land of this kind, blessed and fruitful, resembles true and faithful Ch...
AN ILLUSTRATION OF APOSTASY -- HEBREWS 6:7-10 : The truth concerning apostasy is illustrated by the ground that after much cultivation brings forth nothing but briers and thorns. It "is nigh unto curs...
ΠΙΟΫ́ΣΑ _aor. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΠΊΝΩ (G4095) пить. Гномический _aor._ ΈΡΧΌΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med. (.dep.) part. (adj.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, идти. Iterat. ΎΕΤΌΣ (G5205) дождь, ΤΊΚΤΟΥΣΑ _prae...
DISCOURSE: 2291 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRUITFUL AND BARREN PROFESSORS Hebrews 6:7. _The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is...
FOR THE EARTH WHICH DRINKETH IN THE RAIN— By this comparison the manner of the apostle's reasoning appears evident: those who have been once _enlightened,_ and _have tasted the heavenly gift,_ &c. are...
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 TWO CLASSES OF PROFESSORS (Hebrews 6:7,Hebrews 6:8) Our preceding article was entitled "The Twofold Working of the Spirit". This was suggested by the contents of the first six verses of Hebrews 6...
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: THE EARTH - rather (no article), 'land....
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...
THE EARTH] rather, 'the land' or 'the field'. that makes a good use of God's gift of rain is blessed by Him; but 'the field' that responds to His goodness with a crop of thorns and thistles is destroy...
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...
FOR THE EARTH. — Rather, _For land which has drunk in._ Land which not only receives but also drinks in abundance of rain (Deuteronomy 11:11), in such a climate as is here thought of, must either “bri...
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 6:7-8 present an analogy in nature to the doom of the apostate. Hebrews 6:7. γῆ γὰρ ἡ πιοῦσα … ὑετόν, “For land which drank in the rain that cometh oft upon it”; this whole clause is the subje...
“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...
A LESSON FROM THE SOIL To give still another reason for growing, the writer made a comparison with types of soil. One type receives the rain and brings forth good fruit for those who care for it, so i...
(3) For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: (3) He lays out the former threatening...
(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,...
7._For the earth, etc. _This is a similitude most appropriate to excite a desire to make progress in due time, for as the earth cannot bring forth a good crop in harvest except it causes the seed as s...
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...
FOR THE EARTH WHICH DRINKETH IN THE RAIN THAT COMETH OFT UPON IT,.... Here the apostle illustrates what he had before been speaking of, by a simile taken from the earth, to which men in general answer...
What the apostle had doctrinally instructed the Hebrews in before, in these verses he layeth before them under an apposite similitude. For his design herein is to represent the condition of all sorts...
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: Ver. 7. _And bringeth forth herbs_] So the...
HEB. 6:7. FOR THE EARTH WHICH DRINKETH IN THE RAIN THAT COMETH OFT UPON IT, AND BRINGETH FORTH HERBS MEET FOR THEM BY WHOM IT IS DRESSED, RECEIVETH BLESSING FROM GOD: At the very beginning of the Ed...
_For the earth which drinketh in the rain_, &c. Thus they to whom the gospel is preached, and who believe and embrace it, bring forth the fruits of repentance, faith, and new obedience, and are accept...
RECEIVETH BLESSING FROM GOD; he rewards its fruitfulness with his blessing, making it still further fruitful. Compare the Saviour's words, "He that hath, to him shall be given." Mark 4:25....
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...
BY: Or, for...
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...
FOR THE EARTH WHICH DRINKETH IN THE RAIN THAT COMETH OFT UPON IT: _for_ is narrative here, and not rational, introducing a parabolical illustration of the states and ends of truly regenerate Christian...
Origen de Principiis Book III To show more clearly, however, what we mean, let us take the illustration employed by the Apostle Paul in the Epistle to the Hebrews, where he says, "For the earth, whic...
Hebrews 6:7 For G1063 earth G1093 which G3588 drinks G4095 (G5631) rain G5205 often G4178 comes G2064 ...
Hebrews 6:7-8. Awful as this teaching is, men accept it in the sphere of nature and recognise the equity of the arrangement. FOR LAND (not the earth) THAT BATH DRANK IN (not that drinketh in: the sho...
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...
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...
WHICH HATH DRUNK (η πιουσα). Articular second aorist active participle of πινω, to drink.HERBS (βοτανην). Old word from βοσκω, to feed, green plant, only here in N.T. Cf. our botany.MEET (ευθετ...
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...
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...
GOD BLESSES THE GROUND. "I will show you this example from nature which teaches the doom of those who do not go forward." PLANTS THAT ARE USEFUL. If the ground produces good fruit, more time is spent...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:7 LAND THAT HAS DRUNK THE RAIN. The author uses a common OT and NT agricultural metaphor (see esv cross-references on v....
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...
Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 28:12; Ezekiel 34:26; Genesis 27:27;...
The inevitableness of the punishment illustrated by a familiar fact of nature. The earth [γ η]. Or the land. Personified. Comp. aujtomath hJ gh the land of itself, Mark 4:28, see note. Which drinket...
The design and scope of our apostle in these words is threefold. 1. To set forth the excellency and necessity of the gospel, dispensed to us in the the ministry of the word; he compares it to rain, w...