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Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God,
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instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
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And we will do this, if God permits.
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For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
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and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,
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and then have fallen away, since on their own they are crucifying again the Son of God and are holding him up to contempt.
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Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly, and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.
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But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.
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Even though we speak in this way, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that belong to salvation.