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 in the law there was a shadow of the good things to come; not the substance of the things themselves. Therefore, although the same sacrifices were every year offered, they could never perfect those who offered them.

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.

For, if they had perfected them, they would long ago have desisted from their offerings; because their conscience could no more disquiet them, who were once purified, on account of their sins.

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

But in those sacrifices, they every year recognized their sins.

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

For the blood of bulls and of goats cannot purge 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:

Therefore, when entering the world, he said: In sacrifices and oblations, thou hast not had pleasure; but thou hast clothed me with a body.

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

And holocausts on account of sins, thou hast not asked.

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 I said: Behold I come, as it is written of me in the beginning of the books, to do thy pleasure, O God.

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;

He first said: Sacrifices and oblations and holocausts for sins, which were offered according to the law, thou desiredst not;

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

and afterwards he said: Behold I come to do thy pleasure, O God: hereby, he abolished the former, that he might establish the latter.

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

For by this his pleasure, we are sanctified; through the offering of the body of Jesus the Messiah a single time.

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

For every high priest who stood and ministered daily, offered again and again the same sacrifices, which never were sufficient to purge 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 offered one sacrifice for sins, and for ever sat down at the right hand of God;

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

and thenceforth waited, until his foes should be placed as a footstool under his feet.

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

For by one offering, he hath perfected for ever, them who are sanctified by him.

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

And the Holy Spirit also testifieth to us, by saying:

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 give them after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my law into their minds, and inscribe it on their hearts;

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

and their iniquity and their sins, I will not remember against them.

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

Now, where there is a remission of sins, there is no offering for sin demanded.

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

We have therefore, my brethren, assurance in entering into the sanctuary, by the blood of Jesus, and by a way of life,

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

which he hath now consecrated for us, through the veil, that is his flesh.

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

And we have a high 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, therefore draw near, with a true heart, and with the confidence of faith, being sprinkled as to our hearts, and pure from an evil conscience, and our body being washed with pure water.

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

And let us persevere in the profession of our hope, and not waver; for he is faithful who hath made the promise to us.

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

And let us look on each other, for the excitement of love and good 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.

And let us not forsake our meetings, as is the custom of some; but entreat ye one another; and the more, as ye see that day draw 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 a man sin, voluntarily, after he hath received a knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice which may be offered for sins:

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

but the fearful judgment impendeth, and the zeal of fire that consumeth the adversaries.

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

For if he, who transgressed the law of Moses, died without mercies, at the mouth of two or three witnesses;

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?

how much more, think ye, will he receive capital punishment, who hath trodden upon the Son of God, and hath accounted the blood of his covenant, by which he is sanctified, as the blood of all men, and hath treated the Spirit of grace with contumely?

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 who hath said, Retribution is mine; and I will repay: 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 very terrible, to fall into the hands of the living God.

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

Therefore, recollect ye the former days, those in which ye received baptism, and endured a great conflict of sufferings, with reproach and affliction;

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.

and ye were a gazing stock, and also were the associates of persons who endured these things:

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.

and ye were grieved for those who were imprisoned; and ye cheerfully endured the plundering of your goods, because ye knew that ye had a possession in heaven, superior and not transitory.

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

Therefore cast not away your assurance which is to have a great reward.

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

For ye have need of patience; that ye may do the pleasure of God, and may receive the promise.

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

Because, yet a little, and it is a very little time, when he that cometh, will come, and will not delay.

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

Now the just by my faith, will live: but if he draw back, my soul will not have pleasure 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.

But we are not of that drawing-back, which leadeth to perdition; but of that faith, which maketh us possess our soul.