1 For since the law has butvch. 8:5; Col. 2:17 a shadowwch. 9:11 of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities,x[ch. 9:9] it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sin? 3 ButySee ch. 9:7 in these sacrificeszLev. 16:21 there is a reminder of sin every year. 4 Foraver. 11 it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently,b[ch. 1:6] when Christ came into the world, he said,
cCited from Ps. 40:6-8 “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book. ’ ”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure inc[See ver. 5 above] sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings ” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added,dver. 7 “Behold, I have come to do your will. ” He abolishes the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that willech. 2:11; 13:12 we have been sanctified through the offering offMatt. 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:19; 1 Cor. 11:24; [ver. 5] the body of Jesus Christgch. 7:27; 9:12 once for all.
11 And every priest standsh[Num. 28:3] daily at his service,iSee ch. 5:1 offering repeatedly the same sacrifices,jver. 1, 4; [ch. 9:9] which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, hekch. 1:3; See Mark 16:19 sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that timelch. 1:13; [1 Cor. 15:25-28] until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offeringmver. 1 he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16 nch. 8:10; Rom. 11:27; Cited from Jer. 31:33 “This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds, ”
17 then he adds,
och. 8:12; Cited from Jer. 31:34 “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more. ”
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
19 pSee ch. 4:16 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enterqch. 9:25 the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 byrch. 9:8; [John 10:9; 14:6] the new and living way that he opened for us throughsch. 9:3 the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we havetZech. 6:11-13; [ch. 4:14]; See ch. 2:17 a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our heartsuEzek. 36:25; [ch. 12:24; 2 Cor. 7:1; 1 Pet. 1:2] sprinkled cleanvch. 9:14 from an evil conscience and our bodiesw[1 Cor. 6:11] washed with pure water. 23 xch. 4:14 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, forych. 11:11; See 1 Cor. 1:9 he who promised is faithful. 24 Andz[ch. 3:13] let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 a[Acts 2:42] not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, andbRom. 13:11-13 all the more as you seecSee 1 Cor. 3:13 the Day drawing near.
26 FordNum. 15:30; Deut. 17:12 if we go on sinning deliberatelyech. 6:4; 2 Pet. 2:20, 21 after receiving the knowledge of the truth,f[ch. 6:6; 1 John 5:16] there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 gch. 2:3; 12:25 but a fearful expectation of judgment, andhPs. 79:5; Isa. 26:11; Zeph. 1:18; 3:8; [Ezek. 36:5; Zech. 8:2]; See 2 Thess. 1:8 a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 iDeut. 17:2-6 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercyjSee Num. 35:30 on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the onek[ch. 6:6] who has spurned the Son of God, and has profanedlch. 13:20; Zech. 9:11 the blood of the covenantmch. 9:13, 14 by which he was sanctified, and hasn[Matt. 12:31, 32; Eph. 4:30] outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said,oRom. 12:19; Cited from Deut. 32:35 “Vengeance is mine; I will repay. ” And again,pPs. 50:4; 135:14; Cited from Deut. 32:36 “The Lord will judge his people. ” 31 qIsa. 33:14; Luke 12:5 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But recall the former days when, afterrch. 6:4 you were enlightened, you enduredsSee Phil. 1:30 a hard struggle with sufferings,
33 sometimes beingt1 Cor. 4:9 (Gk.) publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
34 Foru[ch. 13:3; Matt. 25:36; 2 Tim. 1:16] you had compassion on those in prison, andvSee Matt. 5:12 you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves hadw1 Pet. 1:4 a better possession and an abiding one.
35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which hasxch. 2:2; 11:26 a great reward.
36 Forych. 12:1-7; Luke 21:19; Rom. 2:7; 12:12; See Matt. 10:22 you have need of endurance, so thatzch. 13:21; [1 John 2:17] when you have done the will of God you mayach. 11:39 receive what is promised.
37 For,
bIsa. 26:20; Hag. 2:6; Luke 18:8 “Yet a little while,
andcCited from Hab. 2:3, 4 the coming one will come and will not delay;
38 dRom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11 but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him. ”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.