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A Call to Maturity

Hebrews 6:5

In 9 translations

BSB
who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—
KJV
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
WEB
and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
ASV
and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
LSV
and tasted the good saying of God, also the powers of the coming age,
YLT
and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age,
DBY
and have tasted the good word of God, and [the] works of power of [the] age to come,Elohim
DRC
Have moreover tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
GNV
And haue tasted of the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ καλὸν γευσαμένους θεοῦ ῥῆμα δυνάμεις τε μέλλοντος αἰῶνος,
RP2018
καὶ καλὸν γευσαμένους θεοῦ ῥῆμα, δυνάμεις τε μέλλοντος αἰῶνος,
TR-Boyd
καὶ καλὸν γευσαμένους Θεοῦ ῥῆμα, δυνάμεις τε μέλλοντος αἰῶνος,
SCR1894
και καλον γευσαμενους θεου ρημα δυναμεις τε μελλοντος αιωνος

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 2:3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
  • Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
  • Matthew 13:20–21The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly…
  • Mark 4:16–17Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the…
  • 2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
  • Hebrews 2:5For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
  • Mark 6:20because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

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