5. and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
6. and then have fallen away, to bring them to repentance again, since they are recrucifying the Son of God for themselves and holding him up to contempt.
7. Ground that has absorbed the rain falling upon it repeatedly and brings forth crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.
8. But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is rejected; it will soon be cursed and finally burned.
9. But we are sure in your regard, beloved, of better things related to salvation, even though we speak in this way.