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Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

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And this will we do, if God permit.

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For 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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And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

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If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

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For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

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But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

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And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

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And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

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Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;