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and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
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For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;
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but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near a curse, whose end is to be burned.
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But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, though we speak like this,