希伯来书 8-10
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
耶稣在真帐幕里做执事
8 我们所讲的事，其中第一要紧的，就是我们有这样的大祭司，已经坐在天上至大者的宝座右边， 2 在圣所，就是真帐幕里做执事。这帐幕是主所支的，不是人所支的。 3 凡大祭司都是为献礼物和祭物设立的，所以这位大祭司也必须有所献的。 4 他若在地上，必不得为祭司，因为已经有照律法献礼物的祭司。 5 他们供奉的事本是天上事的形状和影像，正如摩西将要造帐幕的时候，蒙神警戒他，说：“你要谨慎，做各样的物件都要照着在山上指示你的样式。”
做更美之约的中保
6 如今耶稣所得的职任是更美的，正如他做更美之约的中保。这约原是凭更美之应许立的。 7 那前约若没有瑕疵，就无处寻求后约了。 8 所以主指责他的百姓说[a]：“日子将到，我要与以色列家和犹大家另立新约， 9 不像我拉着他们祖宗的手，领他们出埃及的时候，与他们所立的约。因为他们不恒心守我的约，我也不理他们。这是主说的。”
神不再记念以色列家的罪愆
10 主又说：“那些日子以后，我与以色列家所立的约乃是这样：我要将我的律法放在他们里面，写在他们心上；我要做他们的神，他们要做我的子民。 11 他们不用各人教导自己的乡邻和自己的弟兄说：‘你该认识主’，因为他们从最小的到至大的，都必认识我。 12 我要宽恕他们的不义，不再记念他们的罪愆。” 13 既说新约，就以前约为旧了；但那渐旧渐衰的，就必快归无有了。
论前约的条例
9 原来前约有礼拜的条例和属世界的圣幕。 2 因为有预备的帐幕，头一层叫做圣所，里面有灯台、桌子和陈设饼。 3 第二幔子后又有一层帐幕，叫做至圣所， 4 有金香炉[b]，有包金的约柜，柜里有盛吗哪的金罐和亚伦发过芽的杖并两块约版， 5 柜上面有荣耀基路伯的影罩着施恩[c]座。这几件我现在不能一一细说。 6 这些物件既如此预备齐了，众祭司就常进头一层帐幕，行拜神的礼。 7 至于第二层帐幕，唯有大祭司一年一次独自进去，没有不带着血为自己和百姓的过错献上。 8 圣灵用此指明：头一层帐幕仍存的时候，进入至圣所的路还未显明。 9 那头一层帐幕做现今的一个表样，所献的礼物和祭物就着良心说，都不能叫礼拜的人得以完全。 10 这些事，连那饮食和诸般洗濯的规矩，都不过是属肉体的条例，命定到振兴的时候为止。
耶稣一次献上自己成了永远赎罪的祭
11 但现在基督已经来到，做了将来美事的大祭司，经过那更大、更全备的帐幕，不是人手所造，也不是属乎这世界的。 12 并且不用山羊和牛犊的血，乃用自己的血，只一次进入圣所，成了永远赎罪的事。 13 若山羊和公牛的血并母牛犊的灰洒在不洁的人身上，尚且叫人成圣，身体洁净， 14 何况基督借着永远的灵，将自己无瑕无疵献给神，他的血岂不更能洗净你们的心[d]，除去你们的死行，使你们侍奉那永生神吗？ 15 为此，他做了新约的中保，既然受死赎了人在前约之时所犯的罪过，便叫蒙召之人得着所应许永远的产业。 16 凡有遗命，必须等到留遗命[e]的人死了。 17 因为人死了，遗命才有效力，若留遗命的尚在，那遗命还有用处吗？ 18 所以，前约也不是不用血立的。 19 因为摩西当日照着律法将各样诫命传给众百姓，就拿朱红色绒和牛膝草，把牛犊、山羊的血和水洒在书上，又洒在众百姓身上，说： 20 “这血就是神与你们立约的凭据。” 21 他又照样把血洒在帐幕和各样器皿上。 22 按着律法，凡物差不多都是用血洁净的，若不流血，罪就不得赦免了。
23 照着天上样式做的物件必须用这些祭物去洁净，但那天上的本物自然当用更美的祭物去洁净。 24 因为基督并不是进了人手所造的圣所——这不过是真圣所的影像——乃是进了天堂，如今为我们显在神面前。 25 也不是多次将自己献上，像那大祭司每年带着牛羊的血[f]进入圣所。 26 如果这样，他从创世以来，就必多次受苦了。但如今在这末世显现一次，把自己献为祭，好除掉罪。 27 按着定命，人人都有一死，死后且有审判； 28 像这样，基督既然一次被献，担当了多人的罪，将来要向那等候他的人第二次显现，并与罪无关，乃是为拯救他们。
律法是将来美事的影儿
10 律法既是将来美事的影儿，不是本物的真像，总不能借着每年常献一样的祭物，叫那近前来的人得以完全。 2 若不然，献祭的事岂不早已止住了吗？因为礼拜的人，良心既被洁净，就不再觉得有罪了。 3 但这些祭物是叫人每年想起罪来， 4 因为公牛和山羊的血断不能除罪。 5 所以，基督到世上来的时候就说：“神啊，祭物和礼物是你不愿意的，你曾给我预备了身体。 6 燔祭和赎罪祭是你不喜欢的。 7 那时我说：‘神啊，我来了，为要照你的旨意行，我的事在经卷上已经记载了。’” 8 以上说：“祭物和礼物，燔祭和赎罪祭，是你不愿意的，也是你不喜欢的。”这都是按着律法献的。 9 后又说：“我来了为要照你的旨意行。”可见他是除去在先的，为要立定在后的。 10 我们凭这旨意，靠耶稣基督只一次献上他的身体，就得以成圣。 11 凡祭司天天站着侍奉神，屡次献上一样的祭物，这祭物永不能除罪。 12 但基督献了一次永远的赎罪祭，就在神的右边坐下了， 13 从此等候他仇敌成了他的脚凳。 14 因为他一次献祭，便叫那得以成圣的人永远完全。 15 圣灵也对我们作见证，因为他既已说过： 16 “主说：‘那些日子以后，我与他们所立的约乃是这样：我要将我的律法写在他们心上，又要放在他们的里面’”， 17 以后就说：“我不再记念他们的罪愆和他们的过犯。” 18 这些罪过既已赦免，就不用再为罪献祭了。
当存诚心和充足的信心来到神面前
19 弟兄们，我们既因耶稣的血得以坦然进入至圣所， 20 是借着他给我们开了一条又新又活的路，从幔子经过，这幔子就是他的身体； 21 又有一位大祭司治理神的家， 22 并我们心中天良的亏欠已经洒去，身体用清水洗净了，就当存着诚心和充足的信心来到神面前。 23 也要坚守我们所承认的指望，不致摇动，因为那应许我们的是信实的。 24 又要彼此相顾，激发爱心，勉励行善。 25 你们不可停止聚会，好像那些停止惯了的人，倒要彼此劝勉；既知道[g]那日子临近，就更当如此。
警戒故意犯罪
26 因为我们得知真道以后，若故意犯罪，赎罪的祭就再没有了， 27 唯有战惧等候审判和那烧灭众敌人的烈火。 28 人干犯摩西的律法，凭两三个见证人，尚且不得怜恤而死； 29 何况人践踏神的儿子，将那使他成圣之约的血当做平常，又亵慢施恩的圣灵，你们想，他要受的刑罚该怎样加重呢！ 30 因为我们知道谁说“申冤在我，我必报应”，又说“主要审判他的百姓”。 31 落在永生神的手里，真是可怕的！
义人必因信得生
32 你们要追念往日蒙了光照以后，所忍受大争战的各样苦难。 33 一面被毁谤，遭患难，成了戏景叫众人观看；一面陪伴那些受这样苦难的人。 34 因为你们体恤了那些被捆锁的人，并且你们的家业被人抢去，也甘心忍受，知道自己有更美、长存的家业。 35 所以，你们不可丢弃勇敢的心，存这样的心必得大赏赐。 36 你们必须忍耐，使你们行完了神的旨意，就可以得着所应许的。 37 “因为还有一点点时候，那要来的就来，并不迟延。 38 只是义人[h]必因信得生；他若退后，我心里就不喜欢他。” 39 我们却不是退后入沉沦的那等人，乃是有信心以致灵魂得救的人。
Footnotes
- 希伯来书 8:8 或作：所以主指前约的缺欠说。
- 希伯来书 9:4 “炉”或作“坛”。
- 希伯来书 9:5 “施恩”原文作“蔽罪”。
- 希伯来书 9:14 原文作：良心。
- 希伯来书 9:16 “遗命”原文与“约”字同。
- 希伯来书 9:25 “牛羊的血”原文作“不是自己的血”。
- 希伯来书 10:25 原文作：看见。
- 希伯来书 10:38 “义人”有古卷作“我的义人”。
Hebrews 8-10
King James Version
8 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
9 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
10 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Hebrews 8-10
New King James Version
The New Priestly Service
8 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, (A)who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a Minister of (B)the [a]sanctuary and of (C)the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
3 For (D)every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore (E)it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5 who serve (F)the copy and (G)shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, (H)“See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” 6 But now (I)He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a (J)better covenant, which was established on better promises.
A New Covenant(K)
7 For if that (L)first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: (M)“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the (N)Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and (O)I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 (P)None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the (Q)Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, (R)and their sins [b]and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
13 (S)In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
The Earthly Sanctuary(T)
9 Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and (U)the earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the [c]sanctuary; 3 (V)and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 4 which had the (W)golden censer and (X)the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were (Y)the golden pot that had the manna, (Z)Aaron’s rod that budded, and (AA)the tablets of the covenant; 5 and (AB)above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
Limitations of the Earthly Service
6 Now when these things had been thus prepared, (AC)the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7 But into the second part the high priest went alone (AD)once a year, not without blood, which he offered for (AE)himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; 8 the Holy Spirit indicating this, that (AF)the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9 It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered (AG)which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience— 10 concerned only with (AH)foods and drinks, (AI)various [d]washings, (AJ)and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.
The Heavenly Sanctuary
11 But Christ came as High Priest of (AK)the good things [e]to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not (AL)with the blood of goats and calves, but (AM)with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place (AN)once for all, (AO)having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if (AP)the blood of bulls and goats and (AQ)the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, [f]sanctifies for the [g]purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without [h]spot to God, (AR)cleanse your conscience from (AS)dead works (AT)to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason (AU)He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that (AV)those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
The Mediator’s Death Necessary
16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For (AW)a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. 18 (AX)Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every [i]precept to all the people according to the law, (AY)he took the blood of calves and goats, (AZ)with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, (BA)“This is the (BB)blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.” 21 Then likewise (BC)he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And according to the law almost all things are [j]purified with blood, and (BD)without shedding of blood there is no [k]remission.
Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice
23 Therefore it was necessary that (BE)the copies of the things in the heavens should be [l]purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For (BF)Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are [m]copies of (BG)the true, but into heaven itself, now (BH)to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as (BI)the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 (BJ)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (BK)but after this the judgment, 28 so (BL)Christ was (BM)offered once to bear the sins (BN)of many. To those who (BO)eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
Animal Sacrifices Insufficient
10 For the law, having a (BP)shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, (BQ)can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once [n]purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For (BR)it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
Christ’s Death Fulfills God’s Will(BS)
5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:
(BT)“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
You had no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
In the volume of the book it is written of Me—
To do Your will, O God.’ ”
8 Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), 9 then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, [o]O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 (BU)By that will we have been [p]sanctified (BV)through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Christ’s Death Perfects the Sanctified
11 And every priest stands (BW)ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 (BX)But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down (BY)at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting (BZ)till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being [q]sanctified.
15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,
16 (CA)“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,” 17 then He adds, (CB)“Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” 18 Now where there is [r]remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
Hold Fast Your Confession
19 Therefore, brethren, having (CC)boldness[s] to enter (CD)the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and (CE)living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us (CF)draw near with a true heart (CG)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for (CH)He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 (CI)not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and (CJ)so much the more as you see (CK)the Day approaching.
The Just Live by Faith
26 For (CL)if we sin willfully (CM)after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there (CN)no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and (CO)fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three (CP)witnesses. 29 (CQ)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, (CR)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, (CS)and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, (CT)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” [t]says the Lord. And again, (CU)“The Lord will judge His people.” 31 (CV)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But (CW)recall the former days in which, after you were [u]illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 33 partly while you were made (CX)a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while (CY)you became companions of those who were so treated; 34 for you had compassion on [v]me (CZ)in my chains, and (DA)joyfully accepted the plundering of your [w]goods, knowing that (DB)you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves [x]in heaven. 35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, (DC)which has great reward. 36 (DD)For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, (DE)you may receive the promise:
37 “For (DF)yet a little while,
And (DG)He[y] who is coming will come and will not [z]tarry.
38 Now (DH)the[aa] just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those (DI)who draw back to [ab]perdition, but of those who (DJ)believe to the saving of the soul.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 8:2 Lit. holies
- Hebrews 8:12 NU omits and their lawless deeds
- Hebrews 9:2 holy place, lit. holies
- Hebrews 9:10 Lit. baptisms
- Hebrews 9:11 NU that have come
- Hebrews 9:13 sets apart
- Hebrews 9:13 cleansing
- Hebrews 9:14 blemish
- Hebrews 9:19 command
- Hebrews 9:22 cleansed
- Hebrews 9:22 forgiveness
- Hebrews 9:23 cleansed
- Hebrews 9:24 representations
- Hebrews 10:2 cleansed
- Hebrews 10:9 NU, M omit O God
- Hebrews 10:10 set apart
- Hebrews 10:14 set apart
- Hebrews 10:18 forgiveness
- Hebrews 10:19 confidence
- Hebrews 10:30 NU omits says the Lord
- Hebrews 10:32 enlightened
- Hebrews 10:34 NU the prisoners instead of me in my chains
- Hebrews 10:34 possessions
- Hebrews 10:34 NU omits in heaven
- Hebrews 10:37 Or that which
- Hebrews 10:37 delay
- Hebrews 10:38 NU My just one
- Hebrews 10:39 destruction
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