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Hebrews 6:1 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 6 · verse 1
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,Hebrews 6:1 · King James Version
Hebrews 6:1 in context
1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3And this will we do, if God permit.
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Key words (Strong's)
- principlesarchēbeginning, origin, the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a…G746 →
- perfectionteleiotēsperfection, the state of the more intelligent, moral and spiritual perfectionG5047 →
- foundationthemelioslaid down as a foundation, the foundation , metaph. the foundations, beginnings, first…G2310 →
- repentancemetanoiaa change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of…G3341 →
- doctrinelogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- leavingaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
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We have here the apostle's advice to the Hebrews - that they would grow up from a state of childhood to the fullness of the stature of the new man in Christ. He declares his readiness to assist them all he could in their spiritual progress; and, for their greater encouragement, he puts himself with them: Let us go on.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8