Hebrews 10
One Sacrifice of Christ Is Sufficient
“For the
Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to
come and not the form of those things itself, can never,
by the same sacrifices which they offer continually every year, make those
who approach perfect.
2 Otherwise,
would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once
been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins?
3 But in those sacrifices there
is a reminder of sins every year.
4 For it
is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Therefore, when
HE comes into the world, HE says,
‘You have not desired
sacrifice and offering,
But you have prepared a
body for ME;
6 You have
not taken pleasure in whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin.
7 Then I
said, ‘Behold, I have come
(It is written of ME in
the scroll of the book)
To do YOUR will, O GOD.’
8 After
saying above,
‘Sacrifices and offerings
and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin YOU have not desired, nor have
YOU taken pleasure in them’ (which are offered according to the Law),
9 Then
HE said, ‘Behold, I have come to do YOUR will.’
HE takes away the first
in order to establish the second.
10 By [this will, WE HAVE BEEN SANCTIFIED THROUGH THE OFFERING OF THE BODY
OF JESUS CHRIST ONCE FOR ALL TIME.
11 Every
priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins;
12 but HE, HAVING OFFERED ONE SACRIFICE
FOR SINS FOR ALL TIME, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, 13 WAITING FROM THAT TIME
ONWARD UNTIL HIS ENEMIES ARE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.
14 For BY
ONE OFFERING HE HAS PERFECTED FOR ALL TIME THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIFIED.
15 And THE
HOLY SPIRIT also testifies to us; for after saying,
16 ‘This
is the covenant which I will make with them
After those days, declares THE LORD;
I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON
THEIR HEARTS,
AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR
MINDS,’
HE then says,
17‘AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS
DEEDS I WILL NO LONGER REMEMBER.
18 Now
where there is forgiveness of these things, an offering for sin is no longer required.
A New and Living Way
19 Therefore,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
since WE HAVE CONFIDENCE TO ENTER THE HOLY PLACE BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
20 by A NEW AND LIVING WAY WHICH HE
INAUGURATED FOR US THROUGH THE VEIL, THAT IS, THROUGH HIS FLESH,
21 and since we
have A GREAT
PRIEST OVER THE HOUSE OF GOD,
22 let’s approach GOD with
a sincere heart in FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH, having our
hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our
bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let’s
hold firmly to THE
CONFESSION OF OUR HOPE without wavering, for HE WHO PROMISED IS FAITHFUL;
24 and let’s
consider how to [i]encourage
one another in LOVE
and good deeds,
25 not
abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people,
but encouraging one another; and all the more as you
see the day drawing near.
Christ or Judgment
26 For if
we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of THE TRUTH, there no
longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
27 but a
terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will
consume the adversaries.
28 Anyone
who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the
testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much
more severe punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled
underfoot THE SON OF
GOD, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the
covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted THE SPIRIT
OF GRACE?
30 For we
know HIM WHO said,
‘Vengeance is MINE, I will repay,’ And again, ‘THE LORD will judge
HIS people.’
31 It is a terrifying
thing to fall into the hands of THE LIVING GOD.
32 But
remember the former days, [j]when,
after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,
33 partly
by being made a public spectacle through insults and distress, and partly
by becoming companions with those who were so treated.
34 For
you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the
seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better
and lasting possession.
35 Therefore,
do not throw away YOUR
CONFIDENCE, which has a great reward.
36 For you
have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of GOD, you
may receive [l]what was
promised.
37 For yet in a very little
while,
‘HE WHO IS
COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.
38 But MY RIGHTEOUS ONE will live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith for the safekeeping of the soul.”
