Hebrews 10

1 For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect those who approach.

For the law having a shadow of the good [things] to come, not the very image of the things, they can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

2 Since, would they not indeed have ceased being offered, on account of the worshippers once purged having no longer any conscience of sins?

Else would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more conscience of sins?

3 But in these [there is] a calling to mind of sins yearly.

But in those [sacrifices] there is a remembrance made of sins year by year.

4 For blood of bulls and goats [is] incapable of taking away sins.

For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

5 Wherefore coming into the world he says, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not; but thou hast prepared me a body.

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

6 Thou tookest no pleasure in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin.

In whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure:

7 Then I said, Lo, I come (in [the] roll of the book it is written of me) to do, O God, thy will.

Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.

8 Above, saying Sacrifices and offerings and burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou willedst not, neither tookest pleasure in (which are offered according to the law);

Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law),

9 then he said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first that he may establish the second;

then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

10 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 And every priest stands daily ministering, and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:

12 But he, having offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down in perpetuity at [the] right hand of God,

but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

13 waiting from henceforth until his enemies be set [for the] footstool of his feet.

from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet.

14 For by one offering he has perfected in perpetuity the sanctified.

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

15 And the Holy Spirit also bears us witness [of it]; for after what was said:

And the Holy Ghost also beareth witness to us: for after he hath said,

16 This [is] the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith [the] Lord: Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings;

This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them; [then saith he],

17 and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more.

And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

18 But where there [is] remission of these, [there is] no longer a sacrifice for sin.

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the [holy of] holies by the blood of Jesus,

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

20 the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,

by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

21 and [having] a great priest over the house of God,

and [having] a great priest over the house of God;

22 let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water.

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed with pure water:

23 Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he [is] faithful who has promised; )

let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

24 and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works;

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom [is] with some; but encouraging [one another], and by so much the more as ye see the day drawing near.

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting [one another]; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

26 For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.

28 Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses:

A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses:

29 of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know him that said, To me [belongs] vengeance; I will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.

For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

31 [It is] a fearful thing falling into [the] hands of [the] living God.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32 But call to mind the earlier days in which, having been enlightened, ye endured much conflict of sufferings;

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;

33 on the one hand, when ye were made a spectacle both in reproaches and afflictions; and on the other, when ye became partakers with those who were passing through them.

partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.

34 For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.

For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession and an abiding one.

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense.

Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.

36 For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

37 For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay.

For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.

38 But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.

But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

39 But we are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving [the] soul.

But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.