Hebrews 10:19-39

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Exhortations to Godliness

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus,^{(A) 20} by a new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain (that is, His flesh^(B)), ²¹ and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,^{(C) 22} let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.^{(D) 23} Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.^{(E) 24} And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works, ²⁵ not staying away from our worship meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other,^(F) and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Warning against Deliberate Sin

²⁶ For if we deliberately sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,^{(G) 27} but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries.^{(H) 28} If anyone disregards Moses’ law, he dies without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^{(I) 29} How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, regarded as profane^[a] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace?^{(J) 30} For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay,^[b][c] and again, The Lord will judge His people.^{(K)[d] 31} It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!^(L)

³² Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.^{(M) 33} Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.^{(N) 34} For you sympathized with the prisoners^[e] and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.^{[f](O) 35} So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.^{(P) 36} For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.^(Q)

³⁹ But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and obtain life.