Hebrews 10
1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
For the Law having a shadow of the good things coming—not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near,
2 If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having been purified once?
3 Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
But in those [sacrifices] is a remembrance of sins every year,
4 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
For this reason, coming into the world, He says, “Sacrifice and offering You did not will, and a body You prepared for Me;
6 In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, You did not delight.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
Then I said, Behold, I come (in a volume of the scroll it has been written concerning Me), to do, O God, Your will”;
8 In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
saying above, “Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering You did not will, nor delight in” (which are offered according to the Law),
9 Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
then He said, “Behold, I come to do, O God, Your will”; He takes away the first that He may establish the second;
10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
in which will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all,
11 Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
and every priest, indeed, has daily stood serving, and offering the same sacrifices many times, that are never able to take away sins.
12 But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
But He, having offered one sacrifice for sin—to the end, sat down at the right hand of God—
13 Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
as to the rest, expecting until He may place His enemies [as] His footstool,
14 because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
for by one offering He has perfected to the end those being sanctified;
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
and the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after that He has said before,
16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
“This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD, giving My laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,”
17 Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
and, “I will remember their sins and their lawlessness no more”;
18 And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
and where [there is] forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin.
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
Having, therefore, brothers, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, by the blood of Jesus,
20 by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
which [is] the way He initiated for us—new and living, through the veil, that is, His flesh—
21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
and a Great Priest over the house of God,
22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;
23 Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope (for He who promised [is] faithful),
24 And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
and may we consider to provoke one another to love and to good works,
25 Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as [is] a custom of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as you see the Day coming near.
26 If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
For [if] we are sinning willingly after receiving the full knowledge of the truth—there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;
28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
anyone having set aside a law of Moses dies without mercies on the basis of two or three witnesses.
29 How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
Of how much worse punishment will he be counted worthy who trampled on the Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant a common thing, by which he was sanctified, and having insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
For we have known Him who is saying, “Vengeance [is] Mine, I will repay, says the LORD”; and again, “The LORD will judge His people.”
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
[It is] fearful to fall into [the] hands of [the] living God.
32 Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
But call to your remembrance the former days, in which, having been enlightened, you endured much conflict of sufferings;
33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
this indeed, being made spectacles with both insults and afflictions, now this, having become partners of those so living,
34 You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
for you also sympathized with my bonds, and the robbery of your goods you received with joy, knowing that you have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
You may not cast away, then, your boldness, which has great repayment of reward,
36 You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
for you have need of patience, that having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
37 For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
“For yet [in] a very, very little [while], He who is coming will come, and will not linger,”
38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
but, “The righteous will live by faith; and if he may draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
But we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.
