Hebrews 10

1 For the Law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

For the Law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not their very substance, its priests cannot with the same sacrifice which year after year they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

2 Or else would not they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshippers having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sin.

3 But in those sacrifices there is yearly reminder of sins.

But on the other hand, in these sacrifices sins are called to memory, year after year.

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

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin.

5 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

It is for this reason that the Christ, on coming into the world, declared. Sacrifice and offerings thou dost not desire, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

6 Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no pleasure in.

In whole burnt offerings and sin offerings Thou hast taken no pleasure.

7 Then I said, 'Look, I have come. It is written about me in the scroll of a book; to do your will, God.'"

Then I said, "I am come - in the roll of the book it is written of me- -To do thy will, O God."

8 Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire, nor took pleasure in" (which are offered according to the Law),

First when it is said, Thou hast no longing for, thou takest no delight in Sacrifices and offerings, or whole burnt offerings and sin offerings,

9 then he said, "Look, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

(offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order 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.

And it is by this will that we have been sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,

For while every priest stands, day after day, at his ministrations, and many times repeats the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,

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

this Priest, after offering one Sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on God’s right hand;

13 from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.

henceforth waiting until his enemies be put as the footstool of his feet.

14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

For by one single offering he has perfected forever those whom he is sanctifying.

15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

And the Holy Spirit also gives his testimony, when he said.

16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their hearts, I will also write them on their minds.'"

"This is the covenant I will make with them After those days," says the Lord. "I will set my laws upon their hearts, And I will inscribe them on their minds."

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

Then he adds, And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

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

But when these have been remitted, there is no more any offering for sin.

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

Since, then, we have a cheerful confidence, brothers, to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,

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

by the way which he dedicated for us, that new and living way, through the veil (that is, his flesh);

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

and since we have a great High Priest over the house of God;

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

let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from and evil conscience, and our bodies bathed in pure water.

23 let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope, unwavering (for He is faithful who promised);

24 Let us consider how to motivate one another to love and good works,

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

25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom of some, but exhorting one another; all the more as you behold the Day drawing near.

26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

For if we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any other sacrifice for sins,

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

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fiery indignation which is about to devour the adversaries.

28 Anyone who disregards the Law of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.

Any one who set at naught the law of Moses was put to death without pity, on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

How much surer, think you, will be the punishment of one who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has profaned that covenant blood with which he was sanctified, and has done despite to the spirit of grace?

30 For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."

For we know Him who said, Vengeance is mine, 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 A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD!

32 But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;

But ever call to mind the former days, in which, after having been enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings;

33 partly, being exposed to insults and abuse in public, and sometimes you came to share with others who were treated in the same way.

partly by being made a public spectacle in reproaches and afflictions, and partly by sharing the fortunes of those that were so used.

34 For you both had compassion on them that were in chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an enduring one.

For you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you did take joyfully the confiscation of your goods; conscious that you had for yourselves greater, even lasting possessions.

35 Therefore do not throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

Now do not fling away your bold confidence, for it has a great recompense of reward.

36 For you need patient endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

For you need stedfastness, so that after 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 a very, very little while, and then The Coming One will have come, without delay.

38 But the righteous will live by faith, and if he holds back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

But it is by faith that my Righteous One will live, And if he draws back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.

39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

"But we are not of defections unto perdition, but of faith unto the gaining of the soul."