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Verse Hebrews 6:8. _THAT WHICH BEARETH THORNS AND BRIERS IS
REJECTED_] That is: The land which, notwithstanding the most careful
cultivation, receiving also in due times the early and latter rain,
pr...
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BUT THAT WHICH BEARETH THORNS AND BRIARS IS REJECTED - That is, by the
farmer or owner. It is abandoned as worthless. The force of the
comparison here is, that God would thus deal with those who profe...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. Return to Judaism the crucifixion of the Son of God afresh
(Hebrews 6:1)_
2. Persuaded of better things: Comfort and hope (Hebrews 6:9)
Hebrews 6:1
A solemn warning follows, addresse...
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Though not without misgiving the writer has resolved to advance to
perfection_ i.e._ to the exposition of Christian truth in its higher
development, and to take for granted the knowledge of the bare
e...
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For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once
enlightened, those who tasted the free gift from heaven, those who
were made sharers in the Holy Spirit, those who tasted the fair word...
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THE NECESSITY OF PROGRESS (Hebrews 6:1-3)...
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BRIERS. Greek. _tribolos_ Only here and Matthew 7:16.
REJECTED. Greek. _adokimos._ See Romans 1:28.
CURSING. a curse. Compare Psalms 37:22.
TO BE BURNED. for (Greek. _eis)_ burning G
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_that which beareth thorns_ Rather, "if it bear thorns" (Isaiah 5:6;
Proverbs 24:31). This neglected land resembles converts who have
fallen away.
_rejected_ The same word, in another metaphor, occur...
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THE AWFULNESS OF APOSTASY...
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ἘΚΦΈΡΟΥΣΑ ΔῈ�. “_But if it freely bear thorns_,”
Isaiah 5:6; Proverbs 24:31. This neglected land resembles converts who
have fallen away.
ΤΡΙΒΌΛΟΥΣ. The Latin _tribuli_ (τρεῖς, βολή).
Genesis 3:18, &c...
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AN ILLUSTRATION OF APOSTASY -- HEBREWS 6:7-10 : The truth concerning
apostasy is illustrated by the ground that after much cultivation
brings forth nothing but briers and thorns. It "is nigh unto curs...
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ΈΚΦΈΡΟΥΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΚΦΈΡΩ (G1627)
выносить, выдвигать, производить. Part,
может быть условным: "если она
произведет"
ΆΚΑΝΘΑ (G173) колючка,
ΤΡΊΒΟΛΟΣ (G5146) чертополох; _букв._
"трехко...
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DISCOURSE: 2291
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRUITFUL AND BARREN PROFESSORS
Hebrews 6:7. _The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft
upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is...
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C.
_The awful consequences of falling away. Hebrews 6:4-8_.
_TEXT_
Hebrews 6:4-8
Hebrews 6:4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted
of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers
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THE TWO CLASSES OF PROFESSORS
(Hebrews 6:7,Hebrews 6:8)
Our preceding article was entitled "The Twofold Working of the
Spirit". This was suggested by the contents of the first six verses of
Hebrews 6...
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But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh
unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
THAT WHICH rather (Greek, no article), 'but if it (the "land,"
Hebrews 6:7) bear' [ ekfero...
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1 The chief priest in Israel was able to sympathize with the human
frailties of the people because he himself had the same, and sinned,
like the rest. But Christ's sufferings, unspeakably more trying...
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WARNING AND ENCOURAGEMENT
1. Leaving.. let us go on] RV 'let us cease to speak of.. and press
on.' The words are either an exhortation to the readers to advance
beyond the elementary stage of Christia...
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HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN?
HEBREWS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 6
JESUS IS SUPERIOR IN PROMISES 6:1-20
GROW AS CHRISTIANS *FAITH 6:1-3
V1-2 So, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about Christ...
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BUT THAT WHICH BEARETH. — Rather, _But if it bear thorns and briars
it is rejected._ We are told that the presence of briars (_i.e.,_
caltrops) is a sure evidence of a poor soil, on which labour will...
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CHAPTER V.
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RENEWAL.
"Of Whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation,
seeing ye are become dull of hearing. For when by reason of the time
ye ought to be teachers...
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ἐκφέρουσα δὲ … “but if it brings forth thorns and
thistles it is rejected and nigh unto a curse and its end is
burning”. The other alternative, which corresponds to the possible
state of the Hebrews,...
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“PRESS ON UNTO FULL GROWTH”
Hebrews 5:11; Hebrews 6:1
The teacher has to suit his pace to his scholars. How much we miss
because we are such inapt pupils! Milk is food which has passed
through anothe...
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This chapter consists of the third appeal and warning. The appeal is
that they should leave the first principles and press on to
perfection. The things referred to were Jewish, and all have spiritual...
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A LESSON FROM THE SOIL
To give still another reason for growing, the writer made a comparison
with types of soil. One type receives the rain and brings forth good
fruit for those who care for it, so i...
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(4) For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have
tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy
Ghost, (5) And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers...
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The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all
those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned
whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
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Now the Spirit will not stop at this point with Christians, but will
go on to that full revelation of His glory which belongs to them that
are of full age and indeed forms us for that state.
We easily...
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BUT THAT WHICH BEARETH THORNS AND BRIERS,.... To which wicked men
answer; who are unfruitful and unprofitable, and are hurtful, pricking
and grieving, by their wicked lives and conversations, by their...
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What the apostle had doctrinally instructed the Hebrews in before, in
these verses he layeth before them under an apposite similitude. For
his design herein is to represent the condition of all sorts...
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But that which beareth thorns and briers _is_ rejected, and _is_ nigh
unto cursing; whose end _is_ to be burned.
Ver. 8. _Is rejected, and is nigh to cursing_] The sin against the
Holy Ghost is there...
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_For the earth which drinketh in the rain_, &c. Thus they to whom the
gospel is preached, and who believe and embrace it, bring forth the
fruits of repentance, faith, and new obedience, and are accept...
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THORNS AND BRIARS; only.
REJECTED; as worthless.
NIGH UNTO CURSING; being given up to perpetual barrenness; bearing
that which is fit only to be burned. So those who renounce Christ, go
back to the...
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BUT THAT WHICH BEARETH THORNS AND BRIERS IS REJECTED, AND IS NIGH UNTO
CURSING; WHOSE END IS TO BE BURNED.
Here we have the reason why progress and growth cannot be thought of
in the case of certain p...
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A warning against denial of the faith:...
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Verse 1 of this chapter is not properly translated in the Authorized
Version, and it should be evident that we must never leave "the
principles of the doctrine of Christ." Divine principles and sound...
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1-8 Every part of the truth and will of God should be set before all
who profess the gospel, and be urged on their hearts and consciences.
We should not be always speaking about outward things; these...
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OLBGrk;
BUT THAT WHICH BEARETH THORNS AND BRIERS: de _but, _ introduceth the
state and end of a sinful apostate, that ill earth, showered upon as
well as the good; the unregenerate soul, that had gosp...
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Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third
Thinking, then, that they could find a better, they wander and become
wretched, and enter upon pathless places. But those which fell into
the fire and were burned[27]...
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Hebrews 6:8 but G1161 bears G1627 (G5723) thorns G173 and G2532 briars
G5146 rejected G96 and G2532 near...
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Hebrews 6:7-8. Awful as this teaching is, men accept it in the sphere
of nature and recognise the equity of the arrangement.
FOR LAND (not the earth) THAT BATH DRANK IN (not that drinketh in:
the sho...
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CHAP. Hebrews 5:11 to Hebrews 6:20. The writer, knowing how unprepared
his readers were to admit that the Aaronic priesthood was inferior to
that of Melchisedec and to that of Christ (who was the anti...
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IF IT BEARETH
(εκφερουσα). Present active participle of εκφερω,
conditional participle. For "thorns and thistles" see Matthew 7:16 for
both words (ακανθας κα τριβολους). Roman soldiers
scattered ba...
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Hebrews 6:4
Exhortation.
I. The danger of apostasy. The Hebrews had become lukewarm, negligent
and inert; the Gospel, once clearly seen and dearly loved by them, had
become to them dim and vague; the...
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In the previous chapter, Paul was writing to some who ought to have
been teachers, but who needed still to be taught the first principles
of the gospel; they were such babes in grace that they needed...
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CONTENTS: Warning against mixture of law and grace. Danger of tasting
the Spirit's work in grace and then going back to ceremonies.
CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Melchisedec.
CONCLUS...
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Hebrews 6:1. _Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ,_ as a builder leaves the foundation to complete the
superstructure, _let us go on to perfection,_ which he calls here,
_telei...
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THORNS AND WEEDS. If the ground will only grow thorns and weeds, it
has no real value to the farmer. If your life produces only thorns and
weeds, God cannot use you!...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:4 This passage has been much debated. The
central issue is whether vv. Hebrews 6:4 describes people who were
once true Christians. (1) Some argue that the passage does descri...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:7 LAND THAT HAS DRUNK THE RAIN. The author
uses a common OT and NT agricultural metaphor (see esv
cross-references on v....
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THE PERIL OF FAILING TO ADVANCE IN CHRISTIAN LIFE
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 6:1. THEREFORE.—διό, since only the τέλειοι,
advanced ones, are capable of receiving advanced instruction, yo...
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EXPOSITION
HEBREWS 6:1, HEBREWS 6:2
WHEREFORE (since it is so incumbent on us to advance out of the state
of milk-fed infants), LEAVING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF
CHRIST, LET US PRESS ON UNTO...
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Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, [that is
the primaries, the word at the beginning of the gospel of Christ] let
us go on to maturity; not laying again the foundation of repe...
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Deuteronomy 29:28; Ezekiel 15:2; Ezekiel 20:47; Genesis 3:17; G
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But that which beareth thorns and briers [ε κ φ ε ρ ο υ σ α
δ ε α κ α ν θ α ς κ α ι τ ρ ι β ο λ ο υ ς].
Wrong. As given in A. V. the illustration throws no light on the
subject. It puts the contrast a...
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That which beareth thorns and briers — Only or chiefly. Is rejected
— No more labour is bestowed upon it. Whose end is to be burned —
As Jerusalem was shortly after....