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Hebrews
Hebrews lists foundational items such as repentance from dead works, faith toward God, instruction about washings, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. It presents these as a “foundation” not meant to be laid again and again (Hebrews 6:1–2). The list summarizes basics the audience already knows.
1Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection -- not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
2of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.