Hebrews 10
1 For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things; by the selfsame sacrifices which they offer continually every year, can never make the comers thereunto perfect:
Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of those things, the same sacrifices offered year after year can never perfect those who draw near to worship.
2 For then they would have ceased to be offered: because the worshippers once cleansed should have no conscience of sin any longer:
Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once and for all, and would no longer have any consciousness of their sins?
3 But in them there is made a commemoration of sins every year.
But year after year they are reminded of their sins by these sacrifices.
4 For it is impossible that with the blood of oxen and goats sin should be taken away.
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith: Sacrifice and oblation thou wouldest not: but a body thou hast fitted to me:
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering yoʋ did not desire, but a body yoʋ prepared for me;
6 Holocausts for sin did not please thee.
in whole burnt offerings and sin offerings yoʋ took no pleasure.
7 Then said I: Behold I come: in the head of the book it is written of me: that I should do thy will, O God.
Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do yoʋr will, O God, as it is written about me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 In saying before, Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin thou wouldest not, neither are they pleasing to thee, which are offered according to the law.
In the passage above he says, “Sacrifice and offering, and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor did you take pleasure in them” (although they are offered according to the law),
9 Then said I: Behold, I come to do thy will, O God: he taketh away the first, that he may establish that which followeth.
Then he adds, “Behold, I have come to do yoʋr will, O God.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second.
10 In the which will, we are sanctified by the oblation of the body of Jesus Christ once.
By God's will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest indeed standeth daily ministering, and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
Now every priest stands daily at service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins.
12 But this man offering one sacrifice for sins, for ever sitteth on the right hand of God,
But when Christ had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
13 From henceforth expecting, until his enemies be made his footstool.
where he is now waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.
14 For by one oblation he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Ghost also doth testify this to us. For after that he said:
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says,
16 And this is the testament which I will make unto them after those days, saith the Lord. I will give my laws in their hearts, and on their minds will I write them:
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds.”
17 And their sins and iniquities I will remember no more.
Then he adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
18 Now where there is a remission of these, there is no more an oblation for sin.
Now where there is remission of these, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
19 Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ;
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
20 A new and living way which he hath dedicated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil (that is, through his flesh),
21 And a high priest over the house of God:
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with clean water.
let us draw near with true hearts, in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering (for he is faithful that hath promised),
Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
24 And let us consider one another, to provoke unto charity and to good works:
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good works,
25 Not forsaking our assembly, as some are accustomed; but comforting one another, and so much the more as you see the day approaching.
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
26 For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins,
For if we continue sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries.
but only a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume God's adversaries.
28 A man making void the law of Moses, dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:
Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much more, do you think he deserveth worse punishments, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath esteemed the blood of the testament unclean, by which he was sanctified, and hath offered an affront to the Spirit of grace?
How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by someone who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said: Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will repay. And again: The Lord shall judge his people.
For we know him who said, “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 a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to mind the former days, wherein, being illuminated, you endured a great fight of afflictions.
But remember the earlier days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle in the face of suffering.
33 And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations, were made a gazingstock; and on the other, became companions of them that were used in such sort.
At times you were publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and at other times you were partners with those who were treated that way.
34 For you both had compassion on them that were in bands, and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance.
For you sympathized with me when I was in prison, and you accepted the plundering of your possessions with joy, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession in heaven.
35 Do not therefore lose your confidence, which hath a great reward.
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
36 For patience is necessary for you; that, doing the will of God, you may receive the promise.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what was promised.
37 For yet a little and a very little while, and he that is to come, will come, and will not delay.
“For in just a little while, he who is coming will come and not delay.
38 But my just man liveth by faith; but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please my soul.
But the righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, my soul will take no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.
But we are not among those who shrink back and are destroyed, but among those who have faith and preserve their souls.
