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4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and became partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powerful deeds of the age to come,
6 and having fallen away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and hold Him up to contempt.
7 For the earth which drinks the rain often coming upon it, and bears suitable vegetation for those on account of whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;
8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, of which the end is for burning.