Hebrews 6:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)9 But, my dearly loved ones, even though we talk this way, we are persuaded that you will do better than that [i.e., you will not fall away from God], and will end up being saved. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17699 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition9 Even though we speak this way, yet in your case, beloved, we are now firmly convinced of better things that are near to salvation and accompany it. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak: Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible9 But we are convinced of better things in your case, brothers and sisters, even though we are talking this way—things that go together with salvation. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version9 But from you, most beloved, we are confident that there will be things better and closer to salvation; even though we speak in this way. Ver Capítulo |
So, when the apostles and the brothers from Judea heard these things, they stopped arguing [See verse 2] and gave honor to God, saying, “[This means] that God has permitted the Gentiles also [as well as the Jews] to repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives] so they, too, could have [the promise of never ending] life.”
My dearly loved ones, I am not writing to you about a new commandment, but about an old one. [It is the one] you had learned about from the beginning. [Note: This is the commandment to love one another (3:1; II John 5) which Jesus had taught his disciples during His earthly ministry. See Mark 12:31]. This old commandment is the word [of God] which you heard [previously].
Dearly loved ones, as I was very eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we share in common, I felt it necessary [instead] to write urging you to contend earnestly for the faith [i.e., the teaching of Christ] which was once and for all delivered [by the apostles, See verse 17] to the saints [i.e., God’s holy people].