The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews

 1 Therefore ^aleaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto ^bperfection; not laying again the foundation of ^crepentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

 2 Of the ^adoctrine of ^bbaptisms, and of ^claying on of ^dhands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

 3 ^aAnd this will we do, if God permit.

 4 For it is impossible for those who were once ^aenlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

 5 And have ^atasted the good word of God, and the powers of the ^bworld to come,

 6 If they shall ^afall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they ^bcrucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open ^cshame.

 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs ^ameet for them by whom it is ^bdressed, receiveth blessing from God:

 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto ^acursing; whose end is to be burned.

 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

 10 For God is not ^aunrighteous to forget your work and ^blabour of ^clove, which ye have shewed toward his ^dname, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same ^adiligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

 12 That ye be not ^aslothful, but followers of them who through ^bfaith and ^cpatience inherit the ^dpromises.

 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could ^aswear by no greater, he ^bsware by himself,

 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will ^abless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

 15 And so, after he had patiently ^aendured, he obtained the promise.

 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an ^aoath for confirmation is to them an end of all ^bstrife.

 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his ^acounsel, ^bconfirmed it by an ^coath:

 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to ^alie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for ^brefuge to lay hold upon the ^chope set before us:

 19 Which hope we have as an ^aanchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the ^bveil;

 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an ^ahigh priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.