Hebrews 10

1 FOR the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

For the law, having in a shadow of the destined good things, not the very image of the things, they can never, with the same sacrifices which year by year they offer evermore, make them who approach, perfect;

2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

Else would they not, in that case, have ceased being offered, by reason of those rendering the divine service having no further conscience at all of sins, being once for all purified?

3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

But, in them, is a recalling to mind of sins, year by year,

4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

For it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to be taking away sins.

5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith: Sacrifice and offering, thou willedst not, but, a body, hast thou fitted for me, —

6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

In whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sins, thou didst not delight:

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

Then, said I—Lo! I am come, —in the heading of the scroll, it is written concerning me, —to do, O God, thy will.

8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Higher up, saying—Sacrifices, and offerings, and whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sins, thou willedst not, neither delightedst in, —the which, according to the law, are offered,

9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh 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, the second, he may establish:

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

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

11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

And, every priest, indeed, standeth daily publicly ministering, and the same sacrifices ofttimes offering, the which never can clear away sins;

12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

But this priest, having offered one sacrifice for sins evermore, sat down on the right hand of God:

13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

As for the rest, waiting—until his foes be made his footstool;

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

For, by one offering, hath he perfected for evermore, them who are being made holy.

15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

But even the Holy Spirit beareth us witness; for, after having said—

16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

This is the covenant which I will covenant unto them after these days, saith the Lord, —Giving my laws upon their hearts, upon their understandings also, will I inscribe them,

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

[He] also [saith] —of their sins, and of their lawlessnesses, I will in nowise be mindful any more.

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

But, wherever a remission of these is, there is, no further, offering, for sins.

19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

Having therefore, brethren, freedom of speech for the entrance through the Holy place, by the blood of Jesus,

20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Which entrance he hath consecrated for us, as a way recent and living, through the veil, that is, his flesh, —

21 And having an high priest over the house of God;

And having a great priest over the house of God,

22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us approach with a genuine heart, in full assurance of faith, having been sprinkled, as to our hearts, from an evil conscience, and bathed, as to our bodies, with pure water;

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised; )

Let us hold fast the confession of the hope without wavering, —for, faithful, is he that hath promised;

24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

And let us attentively consider one another, to provoke unto love and noble works, —

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, according to the custom of some, but exhorting, and by so much the more as this, by as much as ye behold, the day, drawing near.

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

For, if, by choice, we be sinning, after the receiving of the full-knowledge of the truth, no longer, for sins, is there left over, a sacrifice,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

But some fearful reception of judgment and fiery jealousy, about to devour the opposers.

28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Any one having set aside a law of Moses, apart from compassions, upon [the testimony of] two or three witnesses, dieth:

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought 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?

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be accounted worthy, who hath trampled underfoot the Son of God, and, the blood of the covenant, hath esteemed, a profane thing, by which he had been made holy, and, unto the Spirit of favour, hath offered wanton insult?

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

For we know him that hath said—To me, belongeth avenging, I, will recompense; and again—The Lord will judge his people.

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

A fearful thing [it is] to fall into the hands of a Living God!

32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

But be calling to mind the former days, in which, once ye were illuminated, a great combat of sufferings, ye endured; —

33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

Partly, indeed, because, both with reproaches and tribulations, ye were being made a spectacle, but, partly, because, into fellowship with them who were so involved, ye were brought; —

34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

For, even with them who were in bonds, ye sympathised, and, unto the seizure of your goods, with joy, ye bade welcome, —knowing that ye have yourselves, for a better possession and an abiding.

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

Do not, then, cast away your freedom of speech, —the which hath a great recompense.

36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

For, of endurance, ye have need, in order that, the will of God having done, Ye may bear away, the promise.

37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

For, yet a little while, how short! how short! The Coming One will be here, and will not tarry;

38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

But, my righteous one, by faith, shall live, and, if he draw back, my soul delighteth not in him.

39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

We, however, are not of a drawing back unto destruction, but, of faith, unto an acquisition of life.