Hebrews 5:12 - 6:12
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV. Chapter 6.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible - KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 6
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. Chapter 6
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Comparative texts about Baptism: Water & Spirit from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
- From the Geneva Notes.
Chapter 6
- "He shows in these verses that they need to go forward constantly, for their own good: that is, of charity, and patience; and lest any man should object and say that these things are impossible to do, he asks them to consider the examples of their ancestors and to follow them."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
Chapter 6
- "We should ourselves beware, and caution others, of every approach near to a gulf so awful as apostacy; yet in doing this we should keep close to the word of God, and be careful not to wound and terrify the weak, or discourage the fallen and penitent."
- From Wesley's
Notes. Chapter
6
- "Every one that useth milk - That neither desires, nor can digest, anything else: otherwise strong men use milk; but not milk chiefly, and much less that only. Is unexperienced in the word of righteousness - The sublimer truths of the gospel. Such are all who desire and can digest nothing but the doctrine of justification and imputed righteousness."
- From the
Commentary on the
Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Chapter 6
- "The mere child puts into its mouth things hurtful and things nutritious, without discrimination: but not so the adult."
- From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
Chapter 6.
- "To lay the foundation once is enough, if it is laid right. These first principles are the foundation of Christian life, but we must build higher and higher upon them."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Articles & Background:
- Art Hurtado,
"Are the Persons Described in
Hebrews 6:4-6 Christians?" International School of Theology Monograph Series.
- "For believers, the crucial issue in light of Christ's imminent return is maturity in the faith and the fruit which accompanies such progress. The writer manes it clear that failure to bear fruit in keeping with salvation, especially as a result of willful rejection of Christ, angers God. Instead of reward, the writer promises the judgment of God's purging fire for those who willfully turn their backs on God's blessings and bring shame upon His Son."
- Art Hurtado,
"Are the Persons Described in
Hebrews 6:4-6 Christians?" International School of Theology Monograph Series.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Gleason, Randall C.,
"The Old Testament Background of the Warning in Hebrews 6:4-8,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Nongbri, Brent, "A
Touch of Condemnation in a Word of Exhortation: Apocalyptic Language and
Graeco-Roman Rhetoric in Hebrews 6:4-12," Novum Testamentum, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Peterson, Robert A., "Apostasy in the Hebrews Warning
Passages," Presbyterion, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rhee, Victor (Sung-Yul),
"Christology and the Concept of Faith in Hebrews 5:11-6:20," Journal of
the Evangelical Theological Society, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Songer, Harold S.,
"A Superior Priesthood: Hebrews 4:14-7:28," Review and Expositor,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Still, Todd D., "CHRISTOS as PISTOS: The
Faith(fulness) of Jesus in the Epistle to the Hebrews," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Gleason, Randall C.,
"The Old Testament Background of the Warning in Hebrews 6:4-8,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1998.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
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- Drama:
- "Kindergarten Christianity," Kevin Penner, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Hebrews 6:12. The Cyber Hymnal.
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Hebrews
