1. Therefore, interrupting an explanation of the basics of Christ, let us consider what is more advanced, not presenting again the fundamentals of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2. of the doctrine of baptism, and also of the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3. And we shall do this, if indeed God permits it.
4. For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, and have even tasted of the heavenly gift, and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit,
5. who, despite having tasted the good Word of God and the virtues of the future age, have yet fallen away,
6. to be renewed again to penance, since they are crucifying again in themselves the Son of God and are still maintaining pretenses.