Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
and who had experienced the good teaching of God and the powers of the coming age [i.e., they had already received some of the blessings of the Christian life, perhaps even miraculous signs].
New American Standard Bible
and
King James Version
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Holman Bible
tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age,
International Standard Version
who have tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the coming age,
A Conservative Version
and who tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age,
American Standard Version
and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
Amplified
and have tasted and consciously experienced the good word of God and the powers of the age (world) to come,
Anderson New Testament
and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the coming age,
Bible in Basic English
With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,
Common New Testament
and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,
Daniel Mace New Testament
and have known by experience the truth of the divine promises, and the miracles of the age that was to come; it is impossible,
Darby Translation
and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come,
Godbey New Testament
and having tasted the beautiful word of God, and the dynamites of the coming age,
Goodspeed New Testament
and felt the goodness of the word of God and the strong influences of the coming age,
John Wesley New Testament
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Julia Smith Translation
And tasted of the good word of God, and powers of the life about to be,
King James 2000
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
Lexham Expanded Bible
and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age,
Modern King James verseion
and have tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the world to come,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and have tasted of the good word of God, and of the power of the world to come;
Moffatt New Testament
who tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come, and then fell away ??6 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.
Montgomery New Testament
and become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the Future Age,
NET Bible
tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age,
New Heart English Bible
and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
Noyes New Testament
and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Sawyer New Testament
and having tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the life to come,
The Emphasized Bible
And have tasted God's utterance to be, sweet, mighty works also of a coming age,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Twentieth Century New Testament
and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age--
Webster
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Weymouth New Testament
and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away--
Williams New Testament
and have experienced how good God's message is and the mighty powers of the age to come,
World English Bible
and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
Worrell New Testament
and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age,
Worsley New Testament
and of the good word of God,
Youngs Literal Translation
and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age,
Themes
Apostates » It is impossible to restore
spiritual Development » Select reading, heb 511-14, 61-16
Forgiveness » Who shall not be forgiven
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Select readings
Holy spirit » Those that sin against the holy spirit
Names » Of the word of God » The word of God
Offences against the holy ghost » Exhibited in » Danger of trifling with the holy ghost
Perseverance » Want of » Excludes from the benefits of the gospel
Repentance » Denied to apostates
Sin » What sin is unforgivable
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Serious Warning Against Falling Away
4 [These are people] who were once enlightened [by the Gospel message], who had experienced the gift from heaven [i.e., forgiveness, never ending life, etc. See Rom. 6:23], who had partaken of the Holy Spirit [See Acts 2:38], 5 and who had experienced the good teaching of God and the powers of the coming age [i.e., they had already received some of the blessings of the Christian life, perhaps even miraculous signs]. 6 (OMITTED TEXT)
Phrases
Cross References
Hebrews 2:5
For God did not place the coming inhabited world [Note: "The coming inhabited world" here probably refers to the present Christian age. It was viewed as "coming" from the perspective of Old Testament times], under the control of angels [and] that is the world we are talking about.
1 Peter 2:3
since you have experienced the goodness of the Lord [i.e., that the Lord is good].
Matthew 13:20-21
And the person who was sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the message and immediately welcomes it joyfully,
Mark 4:16-17
And in the same way, some [of the seed] that was sown on rocky soil represented those who heard 'the word' and immediately accepted it gladly,
Mark 6:20
It was because Herod was afraid of John, knowing he was a righteous and holy man, so he protected him. And Herod became very disturbed whenever he listened to John, yet he heard him gladly.
Luke 8:13
And those people [represented by the seed falling] on rocky ground are those who, upon hearing the word [of God], accept it gladly, but since they have no root [system], they believe it for [only] awhile, and [then] in times of trial fall away [from God].
2 Peter 2:20
For if people who have escaped from the defiling practices of the world by coming to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, become tangled up in them again, and are overcome by them, these people are worse off than before they were converted.