Hebrews 10:19-11:3

English Standard Version

The Full Assurance of Faith

¹⁹^(A)Therefore, brothers,^[a] since we have confidence to enter ^(B)the holy places by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by ^(C)the new and living way that he opened for us through ^(D)the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ²¹and since we have ^(E)a great priest over the house of God, ²²let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts ^(F)sprinkled clean ^(G)from an evil conscience and our bodies ^(H)washed with pure water. ²³^(I)Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for ^(J)he who promised is faithful. ²⁴And ^(K)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, ²⁵^(L)not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and ^(M)all the more as you see ^(N)the Day drawing near.

²⁶For ^(O)if we go on sinning deliberately ^(P)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, ^(Q)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷^(R)but a fearful expectation of judgment, and ^(S)a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. ²⁸^(T)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy ^(U)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. ²⁹How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one ^(V)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned ^(W)the blood of the covenant ^(X)by which he was sanctified, and has ^(Y)outraged the Spirit of grace? ³⁰For we know him who said, ^(Z)“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, ^(AA)“The Lord will judge his people.” ³¹^(AB)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³²But recall the former days when, after ^(AC)you were enlightened, you endured ^(AD)a hard struggle with sufferings, ³³sometimes being ^(AE)publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. ³⁴For ^(AF)you had compassion on those in prison, and ^(AG)you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had ^(AH)a better possession and an abiding one. ³⁵Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has ^(AI)a great reward. ³⁶For ^(AJ)you have need of endurance, so that ^(AK)when you have done the will of God you may ^(AL)receive what is promised. ³⁷For,

^(AM)“Yet a little while,
and ^(AN)the coming one will come and will not delay;
³⁸^(AO)but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”

³⁹But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

By Faith

11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of ^(AP)things not seen. ²For by it the people of old received their commendation. ³By faith we understand that the universe was created by ^(AQ)the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of ^(AR)things that are visible.