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Hebrews 6:2 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 6 · verse 2
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.Hebrews 6:2 · King James Version
Hebrews 6:2 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.
4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
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Key words (Strong's)
- resurrectionanastasisa raising up, rising , a rising from the dead, that of Christ, that of all men at the end…G386 →
- doctrinedidachēteaching, that which is taught, doctrine, teaching, concerning something, the act of…G1322 →
- baptismsbaptismosa washing, purification effected by means of water, of washing prescribed by the Mosaic…G909 →
- eternalaiōnioswithout beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be, without…G166 →
- handscheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- deadnekrosproperly, one that has breathed his last, lifeless, deceased, departed, one whose soul is…G3498 →
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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