Hebrews 6:4-6

Warning Against Apostasy

4 For it is impossible, in the case of those q who have once been enlightened, who have tasted r the heavenly gift, and s have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and t have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and u then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since v they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

  1. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:32
    But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.
  2. Cross References
    John 4:10
    Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
    Ephesians 2:8
    For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
  3. Cross References
    Hebrews 2:4 - 5
    While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
    Galatians 3:2
    Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
    Galatians 3:5
    Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith -
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 34:8
    Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 19:26
    But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
    1 John 5:16
    If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life - to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.
  6. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:29
    How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
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