{"book":"Hebrews","slug":"hebrews","ch":10,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Hebrews","prev":"hebrews/9","next":"hebrews/11","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near [ to worship ].","f":[],"h":"Christ’s Perfect Sacrifice","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"[If it could], would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once [for all], [and] would no longer have felt the guilt of [their] sins.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"Instead, those [sacrifices] [are] an annual reminder of sins,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"because [it is] impossible [for the] blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Therefore, when [Christ] came into the world, He said:“ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Therefore, when [Christ] came into the world, He said:"},{"style":"indent1stlinered","t":"“ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,"},{"style":"indentred2","t":"but a body You prepared for Me."}],"style":"indent1stlinered"},{"v":6,"t":"In burnt offerings and sin [offerings] You took no delight.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indentred1","t":"In burnt offerings and sin [offerings]"},{"style":"indentred2","t":"You took no delight."}],"style":"indentred1"},{"v":7,"t":"Then I said,‘ Here I am, it is written about Me in [the] scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”","f":["Psalm 40:6–8 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"indentred1","t":"Then I said,‘ Here I am, it is written about Me in [the] scroll:"},{"style":"indentred2","t":"I have come to do Your will, O God.’”"}],"style":"indentred1"},{"v":8,"t":"[ In the passage ] above He says,“ Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin [offerings] You did not desire, nor did You delight in [them] ” ( [although] they are offered according to [the] law ).","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[ In the passage ] above He says,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin [offerings] You did not desire, nor did You delight in [them] ” ( [although] they are offered according to [the] law )."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Then He adds,“ Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Then He adds,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second."}],"style":"red"},{"v":10,"t":"[And] by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"But [when] this [Priest] had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at [the] right hand of God.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"The Holy Spirit also testifies to us {about this}. [First] He says:","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"“ This [is] the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares [the] Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”","f":["Jeremiah 31:33"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ This [is] the covenant I will make with them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"after those days, declares [the] Lord."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will put My laws in their hearts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and inscribe them on their minds.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"[Then He adds]:“ Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”","f":["Jeremiah 31:34"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[Then He adds]:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Their sins and lawless acts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will remember no more.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin [is] no longer [ needed ].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"Therefore, brothers, [since] we have confidence to enter the [Most] Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,","f":["Or the Holy Place"],"h":"A Call to Persevere","style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"by [the] new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,","f":["Literally through the veil that is His flesh"]},{"v":21,"t":"and [since we have] a great priest over the house of God,","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, {having} our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and [our] bodies washed with pure water.","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised [is] faithful.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"And let us consider how to spur one another {on} to love and good deeds.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"Let us not neglect meeting together, as some [have made a] habit, but let us encourage [one another], and all [the] more as you see the Day approaching.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"[If] we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume [all] adversaries.","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"Anyone who rejected [the] law of Moses died without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.","f":[]},{"v":29,"t":"How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished [who] has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"For we know Him who said,“ Vengeance [is] Mine; I will repay,” and again,“ [The] Lord will judge His people.”","f":["Deuteronomy 32:35 (see also LXX)","Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14"],"style":"reg"},{"v":31,"t":"[It is] a fearful thing to fall into [the] hands of [the] living God.","f":[]},{"v":32,"t":"Remember the early days that you were in the light. In [those days], you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.","f":["Or Remember when you were first enlightened."],"style":"reg"},{"v":33,"t":"Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who [were] so treated.","f":[]},{"v":34,"t":"You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.","f":[]},{"v":35,"t":"So {do} not throw away your confidence; [it] holds a great reward.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":36,"t":"You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.","f":[]},{"v":37,"t":"For,“ In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"For,"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ In just a little while,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He who is coming will come and will not delay."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":38,"t":"But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I {will take} no pleasure in him.”","f":["BYZ and TR But the righteous will live by faith","Habakkuk 2:3–4 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But My righteous one will live by faith;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and if he shrinks back,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I {will take} no pleasure in him.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":39,"t":"But we are not of [those who] shrink back [and] are destroyed, but of [those who have] faith [and] preserve [their] souls.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}