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Hebrews 10
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For The Law Could Never Take Away Sins, So Jesus Came To Offer His Body

10 For the Law— having a shadow of the coming good things, not the very image[a] of the things— is never able to perfect the ones approaching yearly with the same sacrifices which they offer perpetually[b]. 2 Otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, because of the ones worshiping no longer having a consciousness of sins, having been cleansed once-for-all? 3 But in them[c] there is a yearly reminder of sins. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take-away sins. 5 Therefore, while entering into the world, He says [in Ps 40:6-8]: “You did not desire sacrifice and offering, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not well-pleased with whole-burnt-offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, Behold, I have come— in the roll[d] of a book it has been written about Me—that I might do Your will, God”.

Thus God Has Done Away With Animal Offerings And Established Christ’s

8 Saying above that “You did not desire nor were You well-pleased with sacrifices and offerings and whole-burnt-offerings and offerings for sin” (which are being offered according-to[e] the Law!), 9 then He has said, “Behold, I have come that I might do Your will”— He does-away-with[f] the first in-order-that He might establish the second,

And By God’s Will We Are Made Holy By The Offering of Christ’s Body

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

The Priests Offer Sacrifices Daily, But Jesus Offered One Sacrifice For All

11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering often the same sacrifices which are never able to take-away sins— 12 but this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins[g] for all time, sat-down at the right hand of God, 13 henceforth waiting until His enemies are put as a footstool of His feet.

For By One Offering Jesus Perfected Us For All Time

14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time the ones being made-holy.

The New Covenant Says That God Will Never Remember Our Sins Again

15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after the statement [in Jer 31:33] having said 16 “This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord: Giving My laws upon their hearts, I will also write them upon their mind”, 17 then He says “And I will never remember their sins and their lawless-deeds again”.

God’s Permanent Forgiveness Makes Further Offerings For Sin Unnecessary

18 Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer an offering for sin!

Therefore Let Us Approach God In Full Assurance of Faith And Hold On Without Wavering

19 Therefore, brothers, having confidence for the entering of the Holies by the blood of Jesus— 20 which fresh[h] and living way He inaugurated for us through[i] the curtain, that is[j], His flesh— 21 and having a great Priest over the house of God, 22 let us be approaching God with a true heart in full-assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled[k] from an evil conscience, and having our body washed[l] with clean water. 23 Let us be holding-on-to the confession of our hope without-wavering, for the One having promised is faithful. 24 And let us be considering[m] one another for the provoking[n] of love and good works, 25 not forsaking the gathering-together of ourselves as is a habit with some, but exhorting[o] one another, and so-much more by-as-much-as you see the day drawing-near.

To Now Do Otherwise Is To Trample Underfoot The Son of God

26 For while[p] we are willfully[q] sinning[r] after the receiving of the knowledge of the truth, a sacrifice no longer remains[s] for sins, 27 but some fearful expectation[t] of judgment and a zeal of fire going to consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone having set-aside[u] the Law of Moses dies without compassions upon the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 For how much worse punishment[v] do you think he will be considered-worthy— the one having trampled-underfoot the Son of God, and having regarded as defiled[w] the blood of the covenant by which[x] he was sanctified[y], and having insulted[z] the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the One having said [in Deut 32:35]: “Vengeance is for Me, I will repay”; and again [in Deut 32:36]: “The Lord will judge His people”. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

You Need To Endure By Faith Until You Receive The Promises

32 Now[aa] remember the former days during which, having been enlightened[ab], you endured a great struggle[ac] of sufferings— 33 on this hand being made-a-spectacle[ad] by both reproaches[ae] and afflictions, and on this hand having become partners of the ones living in this manner[af]. 34 For indeed you sympathized-with the prisoners, and you accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you-yourselves have a better and abiding possession. 35 So do not throw-away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, in order that having done the will of God, you might receive the promise. 37 For yet in a very little while, “the One coming will come and will not delay. 38 But My righteous one will live by faith. And if he draws-back[ag], My soul is not well-pleased[ah] with him” [Hab 2:3-4]. 39 But we are not of [ai] a drawing-back resulting-in destruction, but of a faith resulting in the preserving of the soul.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:1 Or, likeness, form.
  2. Hebrews 10:1 Or, continually. That is, year after year.
  3. Hebrews 10:3 That is, the sacrifices.
  4. Hebrews 10:7 That is, the book-roll, the book’s scroll, the OT.
  5. Hebrews 10:8 Or, in keeping with, based on.
  6. Hebrews 10:9 Or, abolishes. God does away with the Levitical system of animal sacrifices in order to establish His will.
  7. Hebrews 10:12 Or, sins, sat-down for all time.
  8. Hebrews 10:20 Or, new, recent.
  9. Hebrews 10:20 Or, by-means-of.
  10. Hebrews 10:20 That is, ‘which fresh and living way... that is, His flesh’; Christ’s body on the cross is the living way through the curtain into the Holies. Or, ‘by-means-of the curtain, that is, His flesh’; Christ’s flesh is a curtain or veil on His true identity.
  11. Hebrews 10:22 As the priests sprinkled animal blood on things to cleanse them, so Christ sprinkles our hearts with His own blood.
  12. Hebrews 10:22 As the high priest was to bathe before entering the Holy of Holies, so we have been spiritually bathed so as to enter the heavenly Holy of Holies.
  13. Hebrews 10:24 Or, thinking carefully about, fixing attention on.
  14. Hebrews 10:24 Or, inciting, stirring up.
  15. Hebrews 10:25 Or, encouraging.
  16. Hebrews 10:26 That is, if.
  17. Hebrews 10:26 Or, willingly, deliberately, by our own choice.
  18. Hebrews 10:26 The kind of sinning in view is seen in v 29.
  19. Hebrews 10:26 If Christ’s sacrifice is rejected, there is no other that can be made that will satisfy God’s wrath upon our sin.
  20. Hebrews 10:27 Or, reception.
  21. Hebrews 10:28 Or, rejected.
  22. Hebrews 10:29 Or, vengeance, retribution.
  23. Hebrews 10:29 Or, common.
  24. Hebrews 10:29 That is, the blood... by which.
  25. Hebrews 10:29 Or, set-apart to God, consecrated, treated-as-holy.
  26. Hebrews 10:29 Or, arrogantly-treated.
  27. Hebrews 10:32 Or, But.
  28. Hebrews 10:32 Or, given-light, illuminated.
  29. Hebrews 10:32 Or, contest.
  30. Hebrews 10:33 Or, publicly-exposed to.
  31. Hebrews 10:33 Or, insults, disgraces.
  32. Hebrews 10:33 That is, amid reproach and affliction for Christ.
  33. Hebrews 10:38 Or, shrinks-back, withdraws.
  34. Hebrews 10:38 Or, takes no pleasure in.
  35. Hebrews 10:39 That is, characterized by.
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Hebrews 10
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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 The law is only a shadow(A) of the good things(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(D) those who draw near to worship.(E) 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.(F) 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.(G) 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats(H) to take away sins.(I)

5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world,(J) he said:

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
    but a body you prepared for me;(K)
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(L)—
    I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](M)

8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(N)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(O) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(P) through the sacrifice of the body(Q) of Jesus Christ once for all.(R)

11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(S) which can never take away sins.(T) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(U) he sat down at the right hand of God,(V) 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.(W) 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect(X) forever those who are being made holy.(Y)

15 The Holy Spirit also testifies(Z) to us about this. First he says:

16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
    after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds.”[b](AA)

17 Then he adds:

“Their sins and lawless acts
    I will remember no more.”[c](AB)

18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

A Call to Persevere in Faith

19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence(AC) to enter the Most Holy Place(AD) by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way(AE) opened for us through the curtain,(AF) that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest(AG) over the house of God,(AH) 22 let us draw near to God(AI) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(AJ) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(AK) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(AL) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(AM) we profess,(AN) for he who promised is faithful.(AO) 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,(AP) 25 not giving up meeting together,(AQ) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(AR)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(AS)

26 If we deliberately keep on sinning(AT) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,(AU) no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire(AV) that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(AW) 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(AX) underfoot,(AY) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(AZ) that sanctified them,(BA) and who has insulted the Spirit(BB) of grace?(BC) 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d](BD) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e](BE) 31 It is a dreadful thing(BF) to fall into the hands(BG) of the living God.(BH)

32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(BI) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(BJ) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;(BK) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.(BL) 34 You suffered along with those in prison(BM) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.(BN) 35 So do not throw away your confidence;(BO) it will be richly rewarded.

36 You need to persevere(BP) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(BQ) 37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(BR) will come
    and will not delay.”[f](BS)

38 And,

“But my righteous[g] one will live by faith.(BT)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”[h](BU)

39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
  2. Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33
  3. Hebrews 10:17 Jer. 31:34
  4. Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:35
  5. Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14
  6. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
  7. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
  8. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)
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