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1 So let's press on to maturity, by moving on from the basics about Christ's word. Let's not lay a foundation of turning away from dead works, of faith in God,
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Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,
2 of teaching about ritual ways to wash with water, laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment—all over again.
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instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
3 We're going to press on, if God allows it.
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And God permitting, we will do so.
4 Because it's impossible to restore people to changed hearts and lives who turn away once they have seen the light, tasted the heavenly gift, become partners with the Holy Spirit,
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It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
5 and tasted God's good word and the powers of the coming age.
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who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age
6 They are crucifying God's Son all over again and exposing him to public shame.
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and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.
7 The ground receives a blessing from God when it drinks up the rain that regularly comes and falls on it and yields a useful crop for those people for whom it is being farmed.
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Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.
8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it's useless and close to being cursed. It ends up being burned.
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But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
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