Hebrews 10
New American Standard Bible
One Sacrifice of Christ Is Sufficient
10 For the Law, since it has only (A)a shadow of (B)the good things to come and not the [a]form of those things itself, [b]can (C)never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually every year, (D)make those who approach perfect. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had (E)consciousness of sins? 3 But (F)in [c]those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is (G)impossible for the (H)blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 Therefore, (I)when He comes into the world, He says,
“(J)You have not desired sacrifice and offering,
But (K)You have prepared a body for Me;
6 (L)You have not taken pleasure in whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin.
7 (M)Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come
(It is written of Me in (N)the scroll of the book)
To do Your will, O God.’”
8 After saying above, “(O)Sacrifices and offerings and (P)whole burnt offerings and offerings (Q)for sin You have not desired, nor have You taken pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the Law), 9 then He [d]said, “(R)Behold, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second. 10 By [e]this will, we have been (S)sanctified through (T)the offering of (U)the body of Jesus Christ (V)once for all time.
11 Every priest stands daily ministering and (W)offering time after time the same sacrifices, which (X)can never take away sins; 12 but He, having offered one sacrifice (Y)for [f]sins (Z)for all time, (AA)sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time onward (AB)until His enemies are made a footstool for His feet. 14 For by one offering He has (AC)perfected (AD)for all time those who are [g]sanctified. 15 And (AE)the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,
16 “(AF)This is the covenant which I will make with them
After those days, declares the Lord:
I will put My laws upon their hearts,
And write them on their mind,”
He then says,
17 “(AG)And their sins and their lawless deeds
I will no longer remember.”
18 Now where there is forgiveness of these things, an offering for sin is no longer required.
A New and Living Way
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we (AH)have confidence to (AI)enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by (AJ)a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through (AK)the veil, that is, through His flesh, 21 and since we have (AL)a great priest (AM)over the house of God, 22 let’s (AN)approach God with a [h]sincere heart in (AO)full assurance of faith, having our hearts (AP)sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies (AQ)washed with pure water. 23 Let’s hold firmly to the (AR)confession of our (AS)hope without wavering, for (AT)He who promised is faithful; 24 and let’s consider how (AU)to [i]encourage one another in love and (AV)good deeds, 25 not abandoning our own (AW)meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but (AX)encouraging one another; and all the more as you see (AY)the day drawing near.
Christ or Judgment
26 For if we go on (AZ)sinning willfully after receiving (BA)the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of (BB)judgment and (BC)the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. 28 (BD)Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 (BE)How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve (BF)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean (BG)the blood of the covenant (BH)by which he was sanctified, and has (BI)insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “(BJ)Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “(BK)The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a (BL)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the (BM)living God.
32 But remember (BN)the former days, [j]when, after being (BO)enlightened, you endured a great (BP)conflict of sufferings, 33 partly by being (BQ)made a public spectacle through insults and distress, and partly by becoming [k](BR)companions with those who were so treated. 34 For you (BS)showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted (BT)joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves (BU)a better and lasting possession. 35 Therefore, do not throw away your (BV)confidence, which has a great (BW)reward. 36 For you have need of (BX)endurance, so that when you have (BY)done the will of God, you may (BZ)receive [l]what was promised.
37 (CA)For yet in a very little while,
(CB)He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
38 (CC)But My righteous one will live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
39 But [m]we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith for the safekeeping of the soul.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:1 Lit image
- Hebrews 10:1 One early ms they can
- Hebrews 10:3 Lit them there is
- Hebrews 10:9 Lit has said
- Hebrews 10:10 Lit which
- Hebrews 10:12 Or sins, forever sat down
- Hebrews 10:14 Or being sanctified
- Hebrews 10:22 Lit true
- Hebrews 10:24 Or stir up
- Hebrews 10:32 Lit in which
- Hebrews 10:33 Or partners
- Hebrews 10:36 Lit the promise
- Hebrews 10:39 Lit we are not of shrinking back...but of faith
Hebrews 10
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
For The Law Could Never Take Away Sins, So Jesus Came To Offer His Body
10 For the Law— having a shadow of the coming good things, not the very image[a] of the things— is never able to perfect the ones approaching yearly with the same sacrifices which they offer perpetually[b]. 2 Otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, because of the ones worshiping no longer having a consciousness of sins, having been cleansed once-for-all? 3 But in them[c] there is a yearly reminder of sins. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take-away sins. 5 Therefore, while entering into the world, He says [in Ps 40:6-8]: “You did not desire sacrifice and offering, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not well-pleased with whole-burnt-offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, Behold, I have come— in the roll[d] of a book it has been written about Me—that I might do Your will, God”.
Thus God Has Done Away With Animal Offerings And Established Christ’s
8 Saying above that “You did not desire nor were You well-pleased with sacrifices and offerings and whole-burnt-offerings and offerings for sin” (which are being offered according-to[e] the Law!), 9 then He has said, “Behold, I have come that I might do Your will”— He does-away-with[f] the first in-order-that He might establish the second,
And By God’s Will We Are Made Holy By The Offering of Christ’s Body
10 ... by which will we have been made-holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once-for-all.
The Priests Offer Sacrifices Daily, But Jesus Offered One Sacrifice For All
11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering often the same sacrifices which are never able to take-away sins— 12 but this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins[g] for all time, sat-down at the right hand of God, 13 henceforth waiting until His enemies are put as a footstool of His feet.
For By One Offering Jesus Perfected Us For All Time
14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time the ones being made-holy.
The New Covenant Says That God Will Never Remember Our Sins Again
15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after the statement [in Jer 31:33] having said 16 “This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord: Giving My laws upon their hearts, I will also write them upon their mind”, 17 then He says “And I will never remember their sins and their lawless-deeds again”.
God’s Permanent Forgiveness Makes Further Offerings For Sin Unnecessary
18 Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer an offering for sin!
Therefore Let Us Approach God In Full Assurance of Faith And Hold On Without Wavering
19 Therefore, brothers, having confidence for the entering of the Holies by the blood of Jesus— 20 which fresh[h] and living way He inaugurated for us through[i] the curtain, that is[j], His flesh— 21 and having a great Priest over the house of God, 22 let us be approaching God with a true heart in full-assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled[k] from an evil conscience, and having our body washed[l] with clean water. 23 Let us be holding-on-to the confession of our hope without-wavering, for the One having promised is faithful. 24 And let us be considering[m] one another for the provoking[n] of love and good works, 25 not forsaking the gathering-together of ourselves as is a habit with some, but exhorting[o] one another, and so-much more by-as-much-as you see the day drawing-near.
To Now Do Otherwise Is To Trample Underfoot The Son of God
26 For while[p] we are willfully[q] sinning[r] after the receiving of the knowledge of the truth, a sacrifice no longer remains[s] for sins, 27 but some fearful expectation[t] of judgment and a zeal of fire going to consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone having set-aside[u] the Law of Moses dies without compassions upon the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 For how much worse punishment[v] do you think he will be considered-worthy— the one having trampled-underfoot the Son of God, and having regarded as defiled[w] the blood of the covenant by which[x] he was sanctified[y], and having insulted[z] the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the One having said [in Deut 32:35]: “Vengeance is for Me, I will repay”; and again [in Deut 32:36]: “The Lord will judge His people”. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
You Need To Endure By Faith Until You Receive The Promises
32 Now[aa] remember the former days during which, having been enlightened[ab], you endured a great struggle[ac] of sufferings— 33 on this hand being made-a-spectacle[ad] by both reproaches[ae] and afflictions, and on this hand having become partners of the ones living in this manner[af]. 34 For indeed you sympathized-with the prisoners, and you accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you-yourselves have a better and abiding possession. 35 So do not throw-away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, in order that having done the will of God, you might receive the promise. 37 For yet in a very little while, “the One coming will come and will not delay. 38 But My righteous one will live by faith. And if he draws-back[ag], My soul is not well-pleased[ah] with him” [Hab 2:3-4]. 39 But we are not of [ai] a drawing-back resulting-in destruction, but of a faith resulting in the preserving of the soul.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:1 Or, likeness, form.
- Hebrews 10:1 Or, continually. That is, year after year.
- Hebrews 10:3 That is, the sacrifices.
- Hebrews 10:7 That is, the book-roll, the book’s scroll, the OT.
- Hebrews 10:8 Or, in keeping with, based on.
- Hebrews 10:9 Or, abolishes. God does away with the Levitical system of animal sacrifices in order to establish His will.
- Hebrews 10:12 Or, sins, sat-down for all time.
- Hebrews 10:20 Or, new, recent.
- Hebrews 10:20 Or, by-means-of.
- Hebrews 10:20 That is, ‘which fresh and living way... that is, His flesh’; Christ’s body on the cross is the living way through the curtain into the Holies. Or, ‘by-means-of the curtain, that is, His flesh’; Christ’s flesh is a curtain or veil on His true identity.
- Hebrews 10:22 As the priests sprinkled animal blood on things to cleanse them, so Christ sprinkles our hearts with His own blood.
- Hebrews 10:22 As the high priest was to bathe before entering the Holy of Holies, so we have been spiritually bathed so as to enter the heavenly Holy of Holies.
- Hebrews 10:24 Or, thinking carefully about, fixing attention on.
- Hebrews 10:24 Or, inciting, stirring up.
- Hebrews 10:25 Or, encouraging.
- Hebrews 10:26 That is, if.
- Hebrews 10:26 Or, willingly, deliberately, by our own choice.
- Hebrews 10:26 The kind of sinning in view is seen in v 29.
- Hebrews 10:26 If Christ’s sacrifice is rejected, there is no other that can be made that will satisfy God’s wrath upon our sin.
- Hebrews 10:27 Or, reception.
- Hebrews 10:28 Or, rejected.
- Hebrews 10:29 Or, vengeance, retribution.
- Hebrews 10:29 Or, common.
- Hebrews 10:29 That is, the blood... by which.
- Hebrews 10:29 Or, set-apart to God, consecrated, treated-as-holy.
- Hebrews 10:29 Or, arrogantly-treated.
- Hebrews 10:32 Or, But.
- Hebrews 10:32 Or, given-light, illuminated.
- Hebrews 10:32 Or, contest.
- Hebrews 10:33 Or, publicly-exposed to.
- Hebrews 10:33 Or, insults, disgraces.
- Hebrews 10:33 That is, amid reproach and affliction for Christ.
- Hebrews 10:38 Or, shrinks-back, withdraws.
- Hebrews 10:38 Or, takes no pleasure in.
- Hebrews 10:39 That is, characterized by.
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