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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 6:1-8

We have here the apostle's advice to the Hebrews?that they would grow up from a state of childhood to the fullness of the stature of the new man in Christ. He declares his readiness to assist them all he could in their spiritual progress; and, for their greater encouragement, he puts himself with them: Let us go on. Here observe, In order to their growth, Christians must leave the principles of the doctrine of Christ. How must they leave them? They must not lose them, they must not despise... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 6:1-3

6:1-3 So, then, let us leave elementary teaching about Christ behind us and let us be home onwards to full maturity; for we cannot go on laying the foundations all the time and teaching about repentance from dead works and giving information about washings, about the laying on of hands, about the resurrection from the dead and upon that sentence which lasts to all eternity. God willing, this very thing we will do. The writer to the Hebrews was certain of the necessity of progress in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 6:3

And this will we do, if God permit. That is, leave the rites and ceremonies of the law, which were the rudiments, or first principles of the Gospel, and go on to a more perfect knowledge of Gospel truths; and, not lay again as the foundation of the ministry, or insist upon them as if they were the main things, even the above articles of the Jewish creed, especially in the, way and manner in which they had been taught and learnt: the sense is, that the apostle and his brethren, in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 6:3

And this will we do - God being my helper, I will teach you all the sublime truths of the Gospel; and show you how all its excellences were typified by the law, and particularly by its sacrificial system. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 6:3

Verse 3 3.This will we do, etc. A dreadful denunciation follows; but the Apostle thus fulminated, lest the Jews should indulge their own supineness, and trifle with the favor of God; as though he had said, “There ought not in this case it to be any delay; for there will not always be the opportunity for making progress; it is not in man’s power to bound at once, whenever he pleases, from the starting point to the goal; but progress in our course is the special gift of God.” read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:1-3

First principles. I. NOTICE THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE TEACHING WHICH THESE BELIEVERS HAD ENJOYED . The foundations had been laid in those essential truths which embraced" faith toward God," whose constant presence, glorious character, and matchless love in Christ Jesus shone upon their souls, and displaced the chili and darkness of unbelief. This led to the rejection of "dead works," which were works that had no life of God in them. Then followed the doctrine of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:1-3

Pressing forward to the end. It is obvious that the two leading words of this passage are those respectively rendered "principles" and "perfection." They indicate the beginning and the end. Every right ἀρχὴ looks forward, as a matter of course, to a τελειότης : and. every true τελειότης , when looked into, reveals a right ἀρχή . Hence we have— I. THE RIGHT STARTING - POINT . Presuming that perfection is wanted, we must start rightly; and there is here indicated,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:1-8

No standing still in religion. This thought underlies the whole passage. To pass into God's kingdom means to move with it. It is impossible to maintain a halt in the Christian life; to stand still is to fall away. I. THE DUTY OF PRESSING ON UNTO PERFECTION . ( Hebrews 6:1-3 ) This perfection is twofold: It is sinful to remain only a babe in Christ, and. to have no wish to grow. Note, that to "leave the first principles" does not mean to abandon them. Rather, we are to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:3

And this will we do (cf. let us do; ποιήσωμεν , A, C, D, La) if God permit ; i.e. press on to perfection, as aforesaid, if only (as we firmly hope and trust, see Hebrews 6:6 , etc) you are still in a state in which God will permit advance; for (as is set forth in the following verses) there may be a retrogression from which recovery is impossible. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:3

Deo volente. "And this will we do, if God permit." We have in these words— I. AN EXCELLENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSED . 1. The thing resolved upon is good. "This will we do;" i.e. leave the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, and press on unto perfection. Wishing and hoping are of little avail without resolution. 2. The form of the resolution is good. "This will we do." The writer had himself long passed beyond the elementary principles of Christianity, and had... read more

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