HEB 6:6 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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 but having fallen away—to restore them again to repentance since they are crucifying again for themselves the Son of God and exposing him to public shame.

UST Think about what would happen were these people to stop believing the good news. In that case, they cannot repent and believe again. That is because what they did is like selfishly crucifying and humiliating God’s Son.

BLB and then having fallen away--to restore them again to repentance, crucifying in themselves the Son of God and subjecting Him to open shame.

AICNT if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance, crucifying for themselves the son of God and making a public spectacle.

OEB if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.

WEBBE and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.

LSV and having fallen away, to renew [them] again to conversion, having crucified to themselves the Son of God again, and exposed to public shame.

FBV and then completely abandon God, for them to be brought back to repentance once more. They themselves have crucified the Son of God all over again and publicly humiliated him.

TCNT and yet have fallen away, since, to their own harm, they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and exposing him to public shame.

T4T What those believers who later renounce the message about Christ do is as though [MET] they themselves are nailing the Son of God to a cross again! They are causing others to publicly despise Christ.

LEB and having fallen away, to renew them again to repentance, because they[fn] have crucified again for themselves the Son of God and held him up to contempt.

6:6 *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have crucified again”) which is understood as causal

BBE And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.

Moff it is impossible to make them repent afresh, since they crucify the Son of God in their own persons and hold him up to obloquy.

Wymth it is impossible, I say, to keep bringing them back to a new repentance, for, to their own undoing, they are repeatedly crucifying the Son of God afresh and exposing Him to open shame.

ASV and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

DRA And are fallen away: to be renewed again to penance, crucifying again to themselves the Son of God, and making him a mockery.

YLT and having fallen away, again to renew [them] to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame.

Drby and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves [as they do] the Son of [fn]God, and making a show of [him].

6.6 Elohim

RV and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

SLT And having fallen, again to renew to repentance; crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and exposing to ignominy.

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

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 If they shall fall away, to renue them againe vnto repentance: seeing they crucifie to themselues the Sonne of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And they fall away, shoulde be renued agayne into repentaunce, hauyng crucified to the selues the sonne of God a fresshe, and made a mocke of hym.
(And they fall away, should be renewed again into repentance, having crucified to the selves the son of God a fresshe, and made a mock of him.)

Gnva If they fal away, should be renued againe by repentance: seeing they crucifie againe to themselues the Sonne of God, and make a mocke of him.
(If they fall away, should be renewed again by repentance: seeing they crucify again to themselves the Son of God, and make a mock of him. )

Cvdl yf they fall awaye (and concernynge them selues crucifye the sonne of God afresshe, and make a mocke off him) that they shulde be renued agayne vnto repentaunce.
(if they fall away (and concerning themselves crucifye the son of God afresshe, and make a mock off him) that they should be renewed again unto repentance.)

TNT yf they faule shuld be renued agayne vnto repentaunce: for as moche as they have (as concerninge them selves) crucified the sonne of God a fresshe makynge a mocke of him.
(if they fall should be renewed again unto repentance: for as much as they have (as concerninge themselves) crucified the son of God a fresshe making a mock of him. )

Wycl that thei be renewid eftsoone to penaunce. Whiche eftsones crucifien to hem silf the sone of God, and han to scorn.
(that they be renewid soon_afterward to penance. Which eftsones crucified to himself the son of God, and have to scorn.)

Luth wo sie abfallen und wiederum sich selbst den Sohn Gottes kreuzigen und für Spott halten, daß sie sollten wiederum erneuert werden zur Buße.
(where they/she/them abfallen and again/in_turn itself/yourself/themselves himself/itself the son God’s kreuzigen and for/in_favour_of mockery hold/keep, that they/she/them should again/in_turn erneuert become to/for Buße.)

ClVg et prolapsi sunt; rursus renovari ad pœnitentiam, rursum crucifigentes sibimetipsis Filium Dei, et ostentui habentes.[fn]
(and prolapsi are; again renovari to repentance, again crucifigentes to_himselfmetipsis Son of_God, and ostentui having. )

6.6 Renovari, per baptismum, cujus virtus in cruce Christi constat, unde subditur: Rursum crucifigentes. Quia in baptismo sumus conformes morti ejus et sepulturæ. Qui putat secundo baptizari, secundo Christum (quantum ad se est) crucifigit, quod est eum habere ostentui et derisioni ut semel mortuus est; ita nos in baptismo semel morimur peccatis, non secundo vel tertio.

6.6 Renovari, through baptism, whose virtue in/into/on stake/cross of_Christ it_is_agreed/certain, from_where/who is_added: Again crucifigentes. Because in/into/on baptism we_are conformes death his and burials. Who thinks secondly baptizari, secondly Christ/Messiah (quantum to himself it_is) crucifigit, that it_is him to_have ostentui and derisioni as once/first dead it_is; so/thus us in/into/on baptism once/first to_diemur sins, not/no secondly or third.

UGNT καὶ παραπεσόντας, πάλιν ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν, ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ παραδειγματίζοντας.
(kai parapesontas, palin anakainizein eis metanoian, anastaurountas heautois ton Huion tou Theou, kai paradeigmatizontas.)

SBL-GNT καὶ παραπεσόντας, πάλιν ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν, ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ παραδειγματίζοντας.
(kai parapesontas, palin anakainizein eis metanoian, anastaurountas heautois ton huion tou theou kai paradeigmatizontas.)

RP-GNT καὶ παραπεσόντας, πάλιν ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν, ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ παραδειγματίζοντας.
(kai parapesontas, palin anakainizein eis metanoian, anastaurountas heautois ton huion tou theou kai paradeigmatizontas.)

TC-GNT καὶ παραπεσόντας, πάλιν ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν, ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ παραδειγματίζοντας.
(kai parapesontas, palin anakainizein eis metanoian, anastaurountas heautois ton huion tou Theou kai paradeigmatizontas. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (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

Paragraph Group 6:4–8

In the second (6:4–6) and third (6:7–8) paragraphs in this chapter the author gave the third warning in Hebrews (as indicated in the Outline). In 6:4–6 he warned that if people “fall away” from their faith, they bring disgrace to God’s Son. It is impossible to make them repent again. In 6:7–8 he compared faithful and unfaithful believers to fruitful and unfruitful land. Land that produces only thorns must be burned.

6:6a

and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance,

If such people turn away/back from their faith, they cannot repent again.
If they deliberately reject what they believed, they are unable to repent again.

and then have fallen away: The Greek word that the BSB translates as have fallen awayThe Greek verb is a participle, which is rightly interpreted in this context as a condition. It is used only here in the New Testament. In general, it means “to fail to keep a commitment.”BDAG, (page 770) has for παραπίπτω: “to fail to follow through on a commitment, fall away, commit apostasy.” Although BDAG includes the meaning “commit apostasy,” some other scholars disagree with that definition. In a lengthy discussion of the topic, David Allen (Kindle edition, pages 260–261) indicates that elsewhere in Scripture, the word is not used with the meaning “commit apostasy.” Instead, it means “turn away.” He points out that the author of Hebrews warns the readers not to follow the example of the Israelites (Numbers 14), who turned away from God in the wilderness. Although God punished them severely, he still considered them his people and continued to take care of them. Allen considers the penalty for this type of turning away to be temporal punishment and loss of rewards. No amount of regret will change the results of that turning away, but he believes that the results do not involve eternal loss of salvation. There are different ways to interpret the word in this context. The most likely view is that it refers here to a person refusing to keep the commitment to follow Jesus. It implies a deliberate action.

Some other ways to translate this part of the verse are:

if they deliberately retreat from their faithUma back translation on TW.

and then they refuse to continue believing

In many languages it is natural to translate the meaning with a figure of speech. For example:

turn away from God (NLT)

they have deserted Christ (GW)

to be restored to repentance: The verb that the BSB translates as restored means “renew.” It occurs only here in the NT. This is the main verb that follows “it is impossible” in 6:4a. The author indicated that it is impossible to renew/restore some people to repentance. In this context it indicates that it is impossible to cause some people to repent a second time. These are the people who trusted Jesus to save them from their sins but after that, they decided not to trust him.

Some ways to translate this passive verb are:

As a passive verb. For example:
be led a second time to God (GW)
to bring them back to a changed life again (NCV)
As an active verb. For example:
to make them repent as they did at first (JBP)
cause them to repent again

repentance: The word repentance occurred in 6:1d. You should translate it in a similar way here.

6:6b

because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again

They themselves are nailing the Son of God to a cross again to be crucified
It is as if they themselves are nailing the Son of God to the cross to die again.

because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again: The word because indicates the reason or explanation why they cannot repent. In Greek, the verb is a participle without any connective, as was the condition in 6:6a. This is figurative language. When people reject the Son of God, it is like crucifying him again. They refuse to believe that he is God’s Son and that he can save them from their sins. Rejecting him is their greatest sin. That is why it is impossible for them to repent while they are rejecting him.

The meaning here is similar to the action “turns away from the living God” in 3:12. Some other ways to translate it are:

it’s as if they are again nailing God’s Son to the cross

what they have done is like they nailed the Son of God to the cross with their own hands

they themselves: The Greek word that the BSB translates as they themselves is more literally “to/for themselves.” Here is another way to translate this:

they again crucify to themselves the Son of God (NASB)

There are three main ways to interpret the word “for themselves” here:

It means that they themselves crucify God’s Son. For example:
they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again (NLT) (BSB, NET, NLT, JBP, NRSV, NJB)
It means “to their own loss.” For example:
for they are crucifying to their own hurt the Son of God (REB) (NIV, ESV, REB)
It adds emphasis and does not need to be translated specifically. For example:
because they are nailing the Son of God to a cross again and are shaming him in front of others (NCV) (NCV, CEV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). The author emphasizes that they themselves commit the same sin of rejecting Christ that the people who crucified him committed. They were not present at Christ’s crucifixion, but they figuratively crucify him again by rejecting him.

the Son of God: The title the Son of God indicates that Jesus has the same nature and character as God. See how you translated the Son of God at 4:14. For more information, see the note on “his Son” in 1:2a.

6:6c

and subjecting Him to open shame.

and openly/publicly dishonor him.
They bring public shame to him by saying that Christ is not important.

and subjecting Him to open shame: The Greek word that the BSB translates as subjecting Him to open shame was most often used of shaming a person by punishing him in public. Here it indicates that if people claim to be Christians and then reject Christ, they disgrace him and cause other people also to dishonor him. Some other ways to translate this meaning are:

insulting him in public (CEV)

They cause that all the people make fun of him again.Otomi back translation on TW.

This word occurs only here in the NT. However, in other literature it is used to refer to shaming a criminal by punishing him in public. A related word occurs in Matthew 1:19.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

καὶ παραπεσόντας, πάλιν ἀνακαινίζειν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί παραπεσόντας πάλιν ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ καί παραδειγματίζοντας)

If you decided to move “it is impossible” from [6:4](../06/04.md) here, you will need to consider a natural way to include it. If you used the alternate translation from the note in verse 4, the following alternate translation will work here. Alternate translation: [but who fell away. It is impossible to restore these people again]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

παραπεσόντας

˓having˒_fallen_away

The author speaks of how people reject how they used to believe in Jesus as if they were walking on a path and then have fallen away from it. He speaks in this way to emphasize how significant it is when a person stops believing in Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [who deserted Christ] or [who stopped believing the good news]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀνασταυροῦντας

crucifying

The author speaks as if those who have fallen away are crucifying Jesus. He speaks in this way to indicate how bad “falling away” really is. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an analogy or some other comparable form. Alternate translation: [since it is as if they are crucifying again]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀνασταυροῦντας

crucifying

The word translated as they are crucifying again could refer to: (1) causing the Son to undergo crucifixion a second time. Alternate translation: [since they are re-crucifying] (2) nailing the Son “up” on the cross. Alternate translation: [since they are nailing up on the cross]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀνασταυροῦντας ἑαυτοῖς

crucifying ˱in˲_themselves

The phrase for themselves could mean that: (1) they are acting to benefit themselves only. Alternate translation: [since they are crucifying again for their own benefit] (2) they do these things themselves. Alternate translation: [since they themselves are crucifying again]

Note 6 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ

The phrase Son of God is an important title for Jesus that describes his relationship to God the Father.

Parallel HEB 6:6

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

Paragraph Group 6:4–8

6:6a

6:6b

6:6c