Hebrews 6:3 - Exposition

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.