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NASB | Hebrews 6:4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 6:4 For [it is impossible to restore to repentance] those who have once been enlightened [spiritually] and who have tasted and consciously experienced the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit, |
Subject: Hebrews 6:4 |
Bible Note: Dear Tim You asked me to check out this reply and let you know what I think I think it is an excellent reply regarding Heb. 6:4-6, and is interesting to look at the tense used. There is however one short comment in this post, that I either am misunderstanding, or intrpreting wrongly. That statement is: "I don't see anything is the passage that indicates that such a person can never be saved again or can never repent." I don't personally believe that Scripture supports any teaching that a person can be lost, then saved, then lost, and then saved again. I believe Scripture supports the idea that an individual can only be saved once. I believe that the fall those in Heb 6 experience is final and complete. Here is the wording of Heb. 6:4-6 from a different translation For how can those who abandon their faith be brought back to repent again? They were once in God's light; they tasted heaven's gift and received their share of the Holy Spirit; they knew from experience that God's word is good, and they had felt the powers of the coming age. And then they abandoned their faith! It is impossible to bring them back to repent again, because they are again crucifying the Son of God and exposing him to public shame. (Heb. 6:4-6 TEV) I was in agreement with everything else in the post. In His service New creature |