4 For lit is mimpossible for those who were once nenlightened, and have tasted of othe heavenly gift, and pwere made partakers of sthe Holy Ghost, 5 And qhave tasted rthe good word of God, and sthe powers of tthe world to come, 6 If they shall ttfall away, to renew them again uunto repentance; vseeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and wput him to an open shame. 7 For the earth xwhich drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs ymeet zfor them ||by whom it is dressed, xreceiveth blessing from God: 8 But athat which beareth thorns and briers is brejected, and is bbnigh unto ccursing; ccwhose end is to be burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded dbetter things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
See Matt. 12:31, 45. So ch. 10:26.
Comp. Matt. 19:26. Mark 10:27. Luke 18:27.
ch. 10:32 (Gk.). So Eph. 1:18. Comp. John 1:9.
So John 4:10. & 6:32. Eph. 2:8.
See Gal. 3:2. So ch. 2:4.
Esther 14:11. Matt. 1:19 in the Gk.
Hist. of Susanna 15. Luke 9:62 in the Gk.
Or, for. See ch. 2:9.
So Jer. 44:22. Comp. Gen. 3:17.
So Isai. 27:11. Ezek. 15:4. Mal. 4:1. John 15:6.