| Berean Study Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God, | 1Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God, |
| 2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. | 2teaching about ritual washings, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. |
| 3And this we will do, if God permits. | 3And we will do this if God permits. |
| 4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, | 4For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit, |
| 5who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— | 5who tasted God's good word and the powers of the coming age, |
| 6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame. | 6and who have fallen away. This is because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding him up to contempt. |
| 7For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God. | 7For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. |
| 8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned. | 8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and at the end will be burned. |
| 9Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation. | 9Even though we are speaking this way, dearly loved friends, in your case we are confident of things that are better and that pertain to salvation. |
| 10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so. | 10For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints--and by continuing to serve them. |
| 11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. | 11Now we desire each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end, |
| 12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. | 12so that you won't become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance. |
| 13When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, | 13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself: |
| 14saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” | 14I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you. |
| 15And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise. | 15And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise. |
| 16Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument. | 16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute. |
| 17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. | 17Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath, |
| 18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged. | 18so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. |
| 19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, | 19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain. |
| 20where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. | 20Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because he has become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. |
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