Hebrews 10

Christs Sacrifice Once for All

1For since the law has buta shadowof the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities,it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.2Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?3Butin these sacrificesthere is a reminder of sins every year.4Forit is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

5Consequently,when Christcame into the world, he said,

Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,

but a body have you prepared for me;

6in burnt offerings and sin offerings

you have taken no pleasure.

7Then I said, Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,

as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.

8When he said above, You have neither desired nor taken pleasure insacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings (these are offered according to the law),9then he added,Behold, I have come to do your will. He does away with the first in order to establish the second.10And by that willwe have been sanctified through the offering ofthe body of Jesus Christonce for all.

11And every priest standsdaily at his service,offering repeatedly the same sacrifices,which can never take away sins.12But when Christhad offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, hesat down at the right hand of God,13waiting from that timeuntil his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.14For by a single offeringhe has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

15And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,

16This is the covenant that I will make with them

after those days, declares the Lord:

I will put my laws on their hearts,

and write them on their minds,

17then he adds,

I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.

18Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

The Full Assurance of Faith

19Therefore, brothers,since we have confidence to enterthe holy places by the blood of Jesus,20bythe new and living way that he opened for us throughthe curtain, that is, through his flesh,21and since we havea great priest over the house of God,22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our heartssprinkled cleanfrom an evil conscience and our bodieswashed with pure water.23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, forhe who promised is faithful.24Andlet us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,25not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, andall the more as you seethe Day drawing near.

26Forif we go on sinning deliberatelyafter receiving the knowledge of the truth,there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,27but a fearful expectation of judgment, anda fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.28Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercyon the evidence of two or three witnesses.29How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the onewho has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profanedthe blood of the covenantby which he was sanctified, and hasoutraged the Spirit of grace?30For we know him who said,Vengeance is mine; I will repay. And again,The Lord will judge his people.31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32But recall the former days when, afteryou were enlightened, you endureda hard struggle with sufferings,33sometimes beingpublicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.34Foryou had compassion on those in prison, andyou joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves hada better possession and an abiding one.35Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which hasa great reward.36Foryou have need of endurance, so thatwhen you have done the will of God you mayreceive what is promised.37For,

Yet a little while,

andthe coming one will come and will not delay;

38but my righteous one shall live by faith,

and if he shrinks back,

my soul has no pleasure in him.

39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.