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21 And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,

22 Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by [a]that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water.

23 So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the [b]hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:22 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
  2. Hebrews 10:23 William Tyndale, The Tyndale Bible, Miles Coverdale, The Coverdale Bible, and others.

21 and since we have a great priest(A) over the house of God,(B) 22 let us draw near to God(C) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(D) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(E) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(F) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(G) we profess,(H) for he who promised is faithful.(I)

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