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 poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

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?

For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?

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

But year by year there is a memory of sins in those offerings.

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

Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins.

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

So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;

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

You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.

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, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book).

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),

After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them,

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

Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

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

By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.

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

And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.

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

But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;

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

And has been waiting there from that time, till all who are against him are made a foot-rest for his feet.

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

Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

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

And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had 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 agreement which I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts, writing them in their minds; he said,

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

And I will keep no more memory of their sins and of their evil-doings.

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

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

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

So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of 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 new and living way which he made open for us 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 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 go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:

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

Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

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

And let us be moving one another at all times to 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 giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming 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 do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,

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

But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.

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

A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word 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?

But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?

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

For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people.

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

We may well go in fear of falling 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 give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

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.

In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

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 had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

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

So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.

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

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

37 "For in just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.

In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

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

But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have 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 those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.