Hebrews 6:1-12 - A Serious Warning Against Falling Away

¹ Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, ² of doctrine of washings, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. ³ And this we will do, if of course God will permit.

⁴ For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and who tasted of the heavenly gift, and who became partakers of Holy Spirit, ⁵ and who tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, ⁶ and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly. ⁷ For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God. ⁸ But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.

⁹ But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way. ¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving. ¹¹ And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end, ¹² so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.