Hebrews 10
10
1For 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. 2Or else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins? 3But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins. 4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. 5Therefore when he comes into the world, he says,
“You didn’t desire sacrifice and offering,
but you prepared a body for me.
6You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.
7Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me)
to do your will, O God.’”#Psalms 40:6-8
8Previously saying, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn’t desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the law), 9then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second, 10by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, 12but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God, 13from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet. 14For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
16“This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days,” says the Lord,
“I will put my laws on their heart,
I will also write them on their mind;”#Jeremiah 31:33
then he says,
17“I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”#Jeremiah 31:34
18Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, 21and having a great priest over God’s house, 22let’s 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, 23let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
24Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, 25not 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.
26For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries. 28A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. 29How much worse punishment do you think he will 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? 30For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me. I will repay,” says the Lord.#Deuteronomy 32:35 Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”#Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalms 135:14 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 33partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions, and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so. 34For you both had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens. 35Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. 36For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
37“In a very little while,
he who comes will come and will not wait.
38But the righteous one will live by faith.
If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”#Habakkuk 2:3-4
39But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
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Hebrews 10
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Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice
1The Law is a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the real things themselves. It never can perfect the ones who are trying to draw near to God through the same sacrifices that are offered continually every year. 2Otherwise, wouldn’t they have stopped being offered? If the people carrying out their religious duties had been completely cleansed once, no one would have been aware of sin anymore. 3Instead, these sacrifices are a reminder of sin every year, 4because it’s impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5Therefore, when he comes into the world he says,
“You didn’t want a sacrifice or an offering, ”
“but you prepared a body for me; ”
6“you weren’t pleased with entirely burned offerings or a sin offering. ”
7“So then I said, ”
“Look, I’ve come to do your will, God.”
“This has been written about me in the scroll.”#10.7 Ps 40:6-8
8He says above, “You didn’t want ”and “you weren’t pleased with a sacrifice or an offering ”or “with entirely burned offerings or a purification offering,”#10.8 Ps 40:6 which are offered because the Law requires them. 9Then he said, “Look, I’ve come to do your will”.#10.9 Ps 40:7-8 He puts an end to the first to establish the second. 10We have been made holy by God’s will through the offering of Jesus Christ’s body once for all.
11Every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices over and over, sacrifices that can never take away sins. 12But when this priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right side of God. 13Since then, he’s waiting until his enemies are made into a footstool for his feet, 14because he perfected the people who are being made holy with one offering for all time.
15The Holy Spirit affirms this when saying,
16“This is the covenant that I will make with them. ”
“After these days, says the Lord, ”
“I will place my laws in their hearts ”
“and write them on their minds. ”
17“And I won’t remember their sins ”
“and their lawless behavior anymore.”#10.17 Jer 31:33-34
18When there is forgiveness for these things, there is no longer an offering for sin.
Second summary of the message
19Brothers and sisters, we have confidence that we can enter the holy of holies by means of Jesus’ blood, 20through a new and living way that he opened up for us through the curtain, which is his body, 21and we have a great high priest over God’s house.
22Therefore, let’s draw near with a genuine heart with the certainty that our faith gives us, since our hearts are sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies are washed with pure water.
23Let’s hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, because the one who made the promises is reliable.
24And let us consider each other carefully for the purpose of sparking love and good deeds. 25Don’t stop meeting together with other believers, which some people have gotten into the habit of doing. Instead, encourage each other, especially as you see the day drawing near.
Judgment for intentional sin
26If we make the decision to sin after we receive the knowledge of the truth, there isn’t a sacrifice for sins left any longer. 27There’s only a scary expectation of judgment and of a burning fire that’s going to devour God’s opponents. 28When someone rejected the Law from Moses, they were put to death without mercy on the basis of the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much worse punishment do you think is deserved by the person who walks all over God’s Son, who acts as if the blood of the covenant that made us holy is just ordinary blood, and who insults the Spirit of grace? 30We know the one who said,
“Judgment is mine; I will pay people back.”#10.30 Deut 32:35
And he also said,
“The Lord will judge his people.”#10.30 Deut 32:36; Ps 135:14
31It’s scary to fall into the hands of the living God!
Confidence and faith to endure
32But remember the earlier days, after you saw the light. You stood your ground while you were suffering from an enormous amount of pressure. 33Sometimes you were exposed to insults and abuse in public. Other times you became partners with those who were treated that way. 34You even showed sympathy toward people in prison and accepted the confiscation of your possessions with joy, since you knew that you had better and lasting possessions. 35So don’t throw away your confidence—it brings a great reward. 36You need to endure so that you can receive the promises after you do God’s will.
37“In a little while longer, ”
“the one who is coming will come and won’t delay; ”
38“but my righteous one will live by faith, ”
“and my whole being won’t be pleased with anyone who shrinks back.”#10.38 Hab 2:3-4
39But we aren’t the sort of people who timidly draw back and end up being destroyed. We’re the sort of people who have faith so that our whole beings are preserved.
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