One Sacrifice of Christ Is Sufficient
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For the Law, since it has only Aa shadow of Bthe good things to come and not the very 1form of things, 2can Cnever, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, Dmake perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had Aconsciousness of sins? But Ain 1those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. For it is Aimpossible for the Bblood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, Awhen He comes into the world, He says,
B Sacrifice and offering You have not desired,
But Ca body You have prepared for Me;
AIn whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have taken no pleasure.
A Then I said, ‘ Behold, I have come
(In Bthe scroll of the book it is written of Me)
To do Your will, O God.’”
After saying above, “A Sacrifices and offerings and B whole burnt offerings and sacrifices Cfor sin You have not desired, nor have You taken pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the Law), then He 1said, “A Behold, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second. 10 By 1this will we have been Asanctified through Bthe offering of Cthe body of Jesus Christ Donce for all.
11  Every priest stands daily ministering and Aoffering time after time the same sacrifices, which Bcan never take away sins; 12 but He, having offered one sacrifice Afor 1sins Bfor all time, C sat down at the right hand of God, 13  waiting from that time onward A until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet. 14 For by one offering He has Aperfected Bfor all time those who are 1sanctified. 15 And Athe Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,
16 A This is the covenant that I will make with them
After those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws upon their heart,
And on their mind I will write them,”
He then says,
17 AAnd their sins and their lawless deeds
I will remember no more.”
18  Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.
A New and Living Way
19  Therefore, brethren, since we Ahave confidence to Benter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by Aa new and living way which He inaugurated for us through Bthe veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and since we have Aa great priest Bover the house of God, 22 let us Adraw near with a 1sincere heart in Bfull assurance of faith, having our hearts Csprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies Dwashed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the Aconfession of our Bhope without wavering, for CHe who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how Ato stimulate one another to love and Bgood deeds, 25 not forsaking our own Aassembling together, as is the habit of some, but Bencouraging one another; and all the more as you see Cthe day drawing near.
Christ or Judgment
26 For if we go on Asinning willfully after receiving Bthe knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of Ajudgment and Bthe fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. 28  AAnyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29  AHow much severer punishment do you think he will deserve Bwho has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean Cthe blood of the covenant Dby which he was sanctified, and has Einsulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “A Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “BThe Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a Aterrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Bliving God.
32 But remember Athe former days, 1when, after being Benlightened, you endured a great Cconflict of sufferings, 33  partly by being Amade a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming Bsharers with those who were so treated. 34 For you Ashowed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted Bjoyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves Ca better possession and a lasting one. 35  Therefore, do not throw away your Aconfidence, which has a great Breward. 36 For you have need of Aendurance, so that when you have Bdone the will of God, you may Creceive 1what was promised.
37  AFor yet in a very little while,
BHe who is coming will come, and will not delay.
38  ABut My righteous one shall live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
39 But 1we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the 2preserving of the soul.
A 10:1 Heb 8:5 B 10:1 Heb 9:11 1 10:1 Lit image 2 10:1 Two early mss read they can C 10:1 Rom 8:3; Heb 9:9; 10:4, 11 D 10:1 Heb 7:19 A 10:2 1 Pet 2:19 A 10:3 Heb 9:7 1 10:3 Lit them there is A 10:4 Heb 10:1, 11 B 10:4 Heb 9:12f A 10:5 Heb 1:6 B 10:5 Ps 40:6 C 10:5 Heb 2:14; 5:7; 1 Pet 2:24 A 10:6 Ps 40:6 A 10:7 Ps 40:7, 8 B 10:7 Ezra 6:2; Jer 36:2; Ezek 2:9; 3:1f A 10:8 Ps 40:6; Heb 10:5f B 10:8 Mark 12:33 C 10:8 Rom 8:3 1 10:9 Lit has said A 10:9 Ps 40:7, 8; Heb 10:7 1 10:10 Lit which A 10:10 John 17:19; Eph 5:26; Heb 2:11; 10:14, 29; 13:12 B 10:10 John 6:51; Eph 5:2; Heb 7:27; 9:14, 28; 10:12 C 10:10 Heb 2:14; 5:7; 1 Pet 2:24 D 10:10 Heb 7:27 A 10:11 Heb 5:1 B 10:11 Mic 6:6-8; Heb 10:1, 4 A 10:12 Heb 5:1 1 10:12 Or sins, forever sat down B 10:12 Heb 10:14 C 10:12 Ps 110:1; Heb 1:3 A 10:13 Ps 110:1; Heb 1:13 A 10:14 Heb 10:1 B 10:14 Heb 10:12 1 10:14 Or being sanctified A 10:15 Heb 3:7 A 10:16 Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10 A 10:17 Jer 31:34; Heb 8:12 A 10:19 Heb 3:6; 10:35 B 10:19 Heb 9:25 A 10:20 Heb 9:8 B 10:20 Heb 6:19; 9:3 A 10:21 Heb 2:17 B 10:21 1 Tim 3:15; Heb 3:6 A 10:22 Heb 7:19; 10:1 1 10:22 Lit true B 10:22 Heb 6:11 C 10:22 Ezek 36:25; Heb 9:19; 12:24; 1 Pet 1:2 D 10:22 Acts 22:16; 1 Cor 6:11; Eph 5:26; Titus 3:5; 1 Pet 3:21 A 10:23 Heb 3:1 B 10:23 Heb 3:6 C 10:23 1 Cor 1:9; 10:13; Heb 11:11 A 10:24 Heb 13:1 B 10:24 Titus 3:8 A 10:25 Acts 2:42 B 10:25 Heb 3:13 C 10:25 1 Cor 3:13 A 10:26 Num 15:30; Heb 6:4-8; 2 Pet 2:20f B 10:26 1 Tim 2:4 A 10:27 John 5:29; Heb 9:27 B 10:27 Is 26:11; 2 Thess 1:7 A 10:28 Deut 17:2-6; 19:15; Matt 18:16; Heb 2:2 A 10:29 Heb 2:3 B 10:29 Heb 6:6 C 10:29 Ex 24:8; Matt 26:28; Heb 13:20 D 10:29 Eph 5:26; Heb 9:13f; Rev 1:5 E 10:29 1 Cor 6:11; Eph 4:30; Heb 6:4 A 10:30 Deut 32:35; Rom 12:19 B 10:30 Deut 32:36 A 10:31 2 Cor 5:11 B 10:31 Matt 16:16; Heb 3:12 A 10:32 Heb 5:12 1 10:32 Lit in which B 10:32 Heb 6:4 C 10:32 Phil 1:30 A 10:33 1 Cor 4:9; Heb 12:4 B 10:33 Phil 4:14; 1 Thess 2:14 A 10:34 Heb 13:3 B 10:34 Matt 5:12 C 10:34 Heb 9:15; 11:16; 13:14; 1 Pet 1:4f A 10:35 Heb 10:19 B 10:35 Heb 2:2 A 10:36 Luke 21:19; Heb 12:1 B 10:36 Mark 3:35 C 10:36 Heb 9:15 1 10:36 Lit the promise A 10:37 Hab 2:3; Heb 10:25; Rev 22:20 B 10:37 Matt 11:3 A 10:38 Hab 2:4; Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11 1 10:39 Lit we are not of shrinking back...but of faith 2 10:39 Or possessing