HEB 6:2 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT teaching about baptisms and laying on of hands and resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

UST We should not learn again about different ways to baptize people, about putting our hands on others to help them, about how those who have died will live again, or about how God will finally decide whether people are guilty or innocent.

BSB instruction about baptisms,[fn] [the] laying on of hands, [the] resurrection of [the] dead, and eternal judgment.

MSB instruction about baptisms,[fn] [the] laying on of hands, [the] resurrection of [the] dead, and eternal judgment.

BLB instruction about baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

AICNT of instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

OEB teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment.

WEBBE of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement.

WMBB of the teaching of immersions[fn], of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement.

6:2 or, washings

NET teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

LSV of the teaching of immersions, also of laying on of hands, also of [the] resurrection of the dead, and of continuous judgment,

FBV or teachings about baptism, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

TCNT and of instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

T4T I am referring to the teaching about what various Jewish and Christian rituals for purifying people signify. I am referring to the teaching about how elders enable people to receive spiritual gifts by laying hands on them [MTY]. I am referring to the teaching that God will ◄cause those who have died to live again/raise people from the dead►. And I am referring to the teaching that God will judge some people and punish them eternally.

LEB teaching about baptisms and laying on of hands, and resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

BBE The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.

Moff with instruction about ablutions and the laying on of hands, about the resurrection of the dead and eternal punishment.

Wymth or of teaching about ceremonial washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and the last judgement.

ASV of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

DRA Of the doctrine of baptisms, and imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

YLT of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during,

Drby of [the] doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of [the] dead, and of eternal judgment;

RV of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
(of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement. )

SLT Of the teaching of immersions, and placing upon of hands, and of the rising up of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

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

KJB-1769 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
(Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement. )

KJB-1611 Of the doctrine of Baptismes, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternall iudgement.
(Of the doctrine of Baptismes, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement.)

Bshps Of the doctrine of baptismes, and of laying on of handes, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternall iudgement.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Gnva Of the doctrine of baptismes, and laying on of hands, and of the resurrection from the dead, and of eternall iudgement.
(Of the doctrine of baptisms, and laying on of hands, and of the resurrection from the dead, and of eternal judgement. )

Cvdl of baptyme, of doctryne, of layenge on of hades, of resurreccion of the deed, & of eternall iudgment.
(of baptism, of doctrine, of layenge on of hands, of resurrection of the deed, and of eternal judgement.)

TNT of baptyme of doctryne and of layinge on of hondes and of resurreccion from deeth and of eternall iudgement.
(of baptism of doctrine and of layinge on of hands and of resurrection from death and of eternal judgement. )

Wycl and of leiynge on of hondis, and of risyng ayen of deed men, and of the euerlastinge doom.
(and of laying on of hands, and of rising again of dead men, and of the everlasting judgement.)

Luth von der Taufe, von der Lehre, vom Händeauflegen, von der Toten Auferstehung und vom ewigen Gerichte.
(from the/of_the Taufe, from the/of_the teaching, from_the handsauflegen, from the/of_the killing(n) Auferstehung and from_the eternal court(n)/justice.)

ClVg baptismatum doctrinæ, impositionis quoque manuum, ac resurrectionis mortuorum, et judicii æterni.
(baptismtum doctrines, impositionis too hands, and resurrection of_the_dead, and judgement eternal. )

UGNT βαπτισμῶν διδαχὴν, ἐπιθέσεώς τε χειρῶν, ἀναστάσεώς τε νεκρῶν, καὶ κρίματος αἰωνίου.
(baptismōn didaⱪaʸn, epitheseōs te ⱪeirōn, anastaseōs te nekrōn, kai krimatos aiōniou.)

SBL-GNT βαπτισμῶν ⸀διδαχὴν ἐπιθέσεώς τε χειρῶν, ἀναστάσεώς ⸀τε νεκρῶν καὶ κρίματος αἰωνίου.
(baptismōn ⸀didaⱪaʸn epitheseōs te ⱪeirōn, anastaseōs ⸀te nekrōn kai krimatos aiōniou.)

RP-GNT βαπτισμῶν διδαχῆς, ἐπιθέσεώς τε χειρῶν, ἀναστάσεώς τε νεκρῶν, καὶ κρίματος αἰωνίου.
(baptismōn didaⱪaʸs, epitheseōs te ⱪeirōn, anastaseōs te nekrōn, kai krimatos aiōniou.)

TC-GNT βαπτισμῶν [fn]διδαχῆς, ἐπιθέσεώς τε χειρῶν, ἀναστάσεώς [fn]τε νεκρῶν, καὶ κρίματος αἰωνίου.
(baptismōn didaⱪaʸs, epitheseōs te ⱪeirōn, anastaseōs te nekrōn, kai krimatos aiōniou. )

6:2 διδαχης ¦ διδαχην SBL WH

6:2 τε ¦ — WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:11–6:12: Grow up in your faith, and do not give up

In Section 5:11–6:12 the author interrupted his teaching about God appointing Christ as the high priest in order to tell his listeners to mature in their faith and to warn them not to stop believing in Christ. After this warning (6:4–12), he will continue to teach them in 6:13–7:28 about the priesthood of Jesus and Melchizedek.

Remember to translate the section before choosing a heading for it. Some other possible headings are:

Warning about abandoning Christ

Do not be lazy but become mature followers of Christ

6:2

This verse continues the list of basic teachings about the Christian life.

This verse mentions four more topics that are basic Christian teachings. The phrase instruction about applies to each of these topics. Some ways to make this clear are:

Use an introductory phrase that obviously applies to all the following topics. For example:
and other basic teachings like these:
Use an introductory phrase or word before each topic or each two topics. For example:
teaching about baptisms or about the laying on of hands or about people being raised from death and the future judgment
Use more than one sentence to translate the topics. For example:
They are taught to request to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus and a…leader puts hands on their head. They are taught what will happen in the future. God will make dead people live again and he will punish forever people whose behavior is evil.

Remember that the author wants his listeners to realize that these matters are basic truths that new Christians learn. By now they should be mature enough to consider topics for believers who are ready for more advanced truths. They will continue to think about the beginning topics as needed, but they will already know the basic truths about them.

6:2a

instruction about baptisms,

We^(incl) should know the teaching about baptisms/washings,
Let us^(incl) not keep studying about ceremonial washings,

baptisms: There is a textual variant here between “teaching”/”of teaching” with the UBS going with “of teaching” but it does not seem to make any significant difference in the meaning of the verse. The Greek word for baptisms literally means “washings.” It is slightly different from the usual word used for “baptism” in the NT. Scholars interpret it in different ways in this context:

It refers to Christian baptism and other types of baptism.
the teaching about baptisms (GNT) (BSB, GNT, NIV, NRSV, CEV, GW, NCV, NET, NJB)It is difficult to be certain about which interpretation English versions follow. However, English dictionaries commonly list Christian baptism as the first meaning of “baptism,” so the use of the term “baptisms” tends to imply that there were different types of baptism.
It refers to ceremonies to make a person ritually clean. For example:
instruction about cleansing rites (REB) (ESV, RSV, REB, NASB)
It refers only to Christian baptism. For example:
baptism (JBP)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). In Hebrews the author spoke to Jewish Christians, who knew about different types of baptism and cleansing ceremonies. They needed to be taught the meaning of Christian baptism and how it is different from other types of baptism.Cockerill (page 266) says, “One of the best suggestions is that the pastor uses the plural because he is referring to teachings that distinguish Christian baptism from various OT or contemporary Jewish washings.” The Exegetical Summary on Hebrews (Greenlee, page 190) says, “The plural implies a contrast between Christian baptism and all other religious washings known to the readers [NTC]. Instructions would be about how the cleansing by Christ’s blood, symbolized by baptism, now abrogated Jewish cleansing rites and also possibly instruction about the differences between Christian baptism, Jewish proselyte baptism, John’s baptism, and Jesus’ baptism, and the work of the Holy Spirit [EGT, Hu]”

In some languages it may be helpful to make the meaning more explicit. For example:

teaching about the difference between the baptism of a believer in Christ and other baptisms

purification rituals and baptism

6:2b

the laying on of hands,

and about the meaning of laying hands on believers.
and about blessing people by putting hands on their head,

the laying on of hands: The action laying on of hands has a special meaning here. It refers to a Christian laying his hand or hands gently on another person (usually on his head or shoulders) to ask the Holy Spirit to come to that person. In some languages it may be necessary to use a more specific phrase. For example:

the placing of hands on the head of a companionKankanaey back translation on TW.

about placing hands on the head of people to ask a blessing for him from GodYakan back translation on TW.

The laying on of hands was done for different purposes. At baptism, it was done to ask the Holy Spirit to be with the new believer and give him power to live for the Lord. It was also done when a person was appointed to do special work for the Lord or in order to ask for healing or for a special gift for ministry.

In some languages a phrase like laying on of hands implies a wrong meaning. For example, it may imply that a person lays hands on another person to harm him or restrain him. If that is true in your language, you may need to translate only the meaning of the action. For example:

the receiving of the Holy SpiritWestern Bukidnon Manobo back translation on TW.

6:2c

the resurrection of the dead,

We should also know that people will rise again from the dead,
about God giving people life again after they have died,

6:2d

and eternal judgment.

and be judged with a decision that lasts forever.
and that God will judge them with a decision that will continue forever.

6:2c–d

the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment: In 6:2c–d the author lists the final two basic teachings: After people have died, God will make them alive again, and he will judge them. His decision about them will be eternal. Some ways to translate this meaning are:

dead people coming back to life, and eternal judgment (GW)

God making dead people live again and making an eternal judgment/decision about each of them

eternal judgment: The phrase eternal judgment refers to the future time when God will judge all human beings. At that time he will make a decision about each person. His decision will determine what will happen to each one forever.

Some other ways to translate eternal judgment are:

God’s judging of people which has no end to its resultKankanaey back translation on TW.

people will be judged and God will determine what will happen to each person.Otomi back translation on TW.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

βαπτισμῶν διδαχὴν, ἐπιθέσεώς τε χειρῶν, ἀναστάσεώς τε νεκρῶν, καὶ κρίματος αἰωνίου

˱of˲_washings (Some words not found in SR-GNT: βαπτισμῶν διδαχήν ἐπιθέσεως τέ χειρῶν ἀναστάσεως τέ νεκρῶν καί κρίματος αἰωνίου)

The teaching (See: the chapter introduction) could: (1) redefine the “foundation” in the previous verse ([6:2](../06/02.md)) and go with all four topics in this verse. Alternate translation: [that is, teaching concerning baptisms and concerning laying on of hands and concerning resurrection of the dead and concerning eternal judgment] (2) identify the third part of the “foundation,” along with “repentance from dead works” and “faith in God” (See: [6:2](../06/02.md)). In this case, it goes with the four topics in this verse. Alternate translation: [and of teaching about baptisms and about laying on of hands and about resurrection of the dead and about eternal judgment] (3) identify the third part of the “foundation,” and the rest of the topics in this verse also identify parts of the “foundation.” Alternate translation: [and of teaching about baptisms and of laying on of hands and of resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgment]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

βαπτισμῶν

˱of˲_washings

The word baptisms is plural. It could refer to: (1) different kinds of baptisms that people knew about. See the discussion about “John’s baptism” in [Acts 19:1–7](../act/19/01.md) for an example of different kinds of baptisms. Alternate translation: [about various baptisms] or [different kinds of baptisms] (2) many different kinds of washing rituals. Alternate translation: [about washings] or [about kinds of washing]

Note 3 topic: writing-background

ἐπιθέσεώς & χειρῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: βαπτισμῶν διδαχήν ἐπιθέσεως τέ χειρῶν ἀναστάσεως τέ νεκρῶν καί κρίματος αἰωνίου)

The phrase laying on of hands refers to how believers would put their hands on a fellow believer when they were commissioning him or her, praying for him or her, asking God to heal him or her, or helping him or her receive the Holy Spirit. For examples, see [Acts 8:14–17](../act/08/14.md); [Acts 13:2–3](../act/13/02.md); [Acts 28:8](../act/28/08.md); [1 Timothy 4:14](../1ti/04/14.md). In all of these situations, God uses the laying on of hands to help a fellow believer. If possible, express the idea in such a way that your readers understand the physical action and also that the action helps other believers. If it is necessary, you could include some short extra information in your translation or more information in a footnote. Alternate translation: [laying on of hands, through which God works] or [placing hands on believers]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐπιθέσεώς & χειρῶν ἀναστάσεώς τε νεκρῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: βαπτισμῶν διδαχήν ἐπιθέσεως τέ χειρῶν ἀναστάσεως τέ νεκρῶν καί κρίματος αἰωνίου)

The author uses the possessive form to speak about how a person “lays” their hands on someone else and about how the dead will “resurrect.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural form. Alternate translation: [laying hands on others and the dead resurrecting]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

νεκρῶν

˱of˲_˓the˒_dead

The author is using the adjective dead as a noun in order to refer to all people who are dead. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: [of the dead people] or [of the corpses]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κρίματος αἰωνίου

˱of˲_judgment eternal

The phrase eternal judgment could identify a judgment that: (1) has eternal validity or consequences. In other words, what God decides in this judgment will never change. Alternate translation: [judgment that leads to eternal destiny] (2) happens at the end of this time and at the beginning of the eternal time. In other words, the eternal judgment is God’s last judgment when he renews the creation. Alternate translation: [final judgment] or [God’s last judgment]