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Verse Hebrews 6:4. _FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO WERE ONCE_
_ENLIGHTENED_] Before I proceed to explain the different terms in
these verses, it is necessary to give my opinion of their design and...
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FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE - It is needless to say that the passage here
Hebrews 6:4, has given occasion to much controversy, and that the
opinions of commentators and of the Christian world are yet greatly...
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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...
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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...
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THE NECESSITY OF PROGRESS (Hebrews 6:1-3)...
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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...
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The awfulness of apostasy
4. _For_ An inference from the previous clauses. We must advance, for
in the Christian course stationariness means retrogression _non
progredi est regredi_.
_For it is impos...
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ΓΆΡ. An inference from the previous clauses. We must advance, for
in the Christian course stationariness means retrogression—_non
progredi est regredi_.
ἈΔΎΝΑΤΟΝ ΓᾺΡ ΤΟῪΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. We shall see further o...
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THE AWFULNESS OF APOSTASY...
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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...
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ΆΔΎΝΑΤΟΣ (G102) невозможный. Это слово
очень сильное, эмфатически
выделенное, выражает безошибочное
утверждение (Attridge; TLNT; Spicq). _Adj._
используется с инфинитивом из ст. 6.
ΆΠΑΞ (G530) однажд...
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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...
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FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, &C.— "For your apostacy would put an end to my
expectation of doing any good to you; it being impossible for those
who have been once thoroughly enlightened in the faith, &c." It...
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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
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APOSTASY.
(Hebrews 6:4-6)
The passage which is now to occupy our attention is one of the most
solemn in the Hebrews’ epistle, yea, to be met with anywhere in the
New Testament. Probably few regenerat...
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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,
We must 'go on toward perfection;' "For," if we fall away,...
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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...
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6:4 partakers (i-25) 'Partakes,' ch. 5.13 is _ metecho_ . 'Partakers,'
ch. 6.4, is _ metochos_ , see Note q, ch. 2.14. renew (n-6) From _
kainos_ , as Ephesians 2:15 ; Ephesians 4:24 . Not a renewal i...
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TASTED] i.e. had full experience of: cp. Hebrews 2:9. The heavenly
gift, if it is not a general expression denoting the whole contents of
the grace of God, wil mean either the forgiveness of sin or th...
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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...
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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...
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FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE... — The connection of thought has
been already explained (Hebrews 6:3); the general meaning will be
examined below (Hebrews 6:6). It will be seen that the greater part...
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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...
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First, the description here given of those who have entered upon the
Christian life is parallel to the description given in Hebrews 6:1-2
of elementary Christian teaching; although the parallel is not...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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(2) For [it is] (b) impossible for those who were once enlightened,
and have (c) tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of
the Holy Ghost,
(2) He adds a vehemency to his exhortation, an...
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For it is impossible, [1] &c. This is an obscure place, differently
expounded, which shows how rash it is for the ignorant to pretend to
understand the holy Scriptures. Many understand these words, it...
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(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...
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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,...
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_ETERNAL JUDGMENT_
‘Of eternal judgment.’
Hebrews 6:2
In the incarnate life of the Son of God we have been allowed to see
once for all what a perfect life might be, lived under the conditions
of a...
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4._For it is impossible, etc. _This passage has given occasion to many
to repudiate this Epistle, especially as the Novatians armed
themselves with it to deny pardon to the fallen. Hence those of the...
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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...
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FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED,.... The
Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, "baptized"; and the word is
thought to be so used in Hebrews 10:32. And indeed baptism was cal...
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῞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,...
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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,
Ver. 4. _Who were once enlightened_] φωτισθεντες, as with...
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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...
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_And this we will do_ We will go on to perfection; _if God permit_
That is, afford assistance and opportunity. And we will do this the
rather, and the more diligently, because _it is impossible for th...
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ENLIGHTENED; in the knowledge of the gospel.
THE HEAVENLY GIFT; that which God bestows upon men in the gospel.
OF THE HOLY GHOST; of the gifts which he bestows. 1 Corinthians
12:4-11....
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A warning against denial of the faith:...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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OLBGrk;
The foregoing counsel the Spirit enforceth on these Hebrews, from the
danger of apostacy, to which the neglect of it doth dispose them, and
the terrifying consequents of it, from HEBREWS 6:4....
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Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Sixth
These have been perverted from the truth: among them there is the hope
of repentance, by which it is possible to live. Corruption, then, has
a hope of a kind of re...
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Hebrews 6:4 For G1063 impossible G102 once G530 enlightened G5461
(G5685) and G5037 tasted G1089 (G5666) heavenly
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AS TOUCHING THOSE WHO WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED
(τους απαξ φωτισθεντας). First aorist passive
articular participle (the once for all enlightened) of φοτιζω,
old and common verb (from φως) as in Luke 11:...
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IMPOSSIBLE
(Hebrews 6:4) presents the case of Jewish professed believers who
halt short of faith in Christ after advancing to the very threshold of
salvation, even "going along with" the Holy Spirit...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FOR HOW CAN. "Here is what you face if you do not _go forward_! God's
mercy does not fail, and we are sure of that! But there is a sin that
cannot be forgiven, not because God would not forgive it, bu...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 John 5:16; 1 Timothy 4:14;...
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Impossible [α δ υ ν α τ ο ν]. It is impossible to dilute this
word into difficult.
Those who were once enlightened [τ ο υ ς α π α ξ φ ω τ ι
σ θ ε ν τ α ς]. Rend. "once for all enlightened." %Apax is
f...
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It is impossible for those who were once enlightened — With the
light of the glorious love of God in Christ. And have tasted the
heavenly gift — Remission of sins, sweeter than honey and the
honeycomb...
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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...
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By the ENLIGHTENED here, understand those that were baptized and
embraced Christianity: The ancients called baptism ILLUMINATION, and
baptized persons THE ENLIGHTENED; because of that divine illuminat...