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Hebrews 10
New Catholic Bible
Hebrews 10
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 10
A Unique Sacrifice[a]
The Law Was a Shadow. 1 The Law contains little more than a shadow of the good things to come and not the true image of them. These sacrifices that are offered year after year can never bring the worshipers to perfection. 2 If they could, those sacrifices would no longer be offered, for the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all and would no longer feel guilty for sins.
3 However, in these sacrifices sins are brought to mind year after year, 4 because sins cannot be taken away by the blood of bulls and goats.
One Sacrifice for Sins. 5 That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you have prepared for me.
6 You took no delight
in holocausts and sin offerings.
7 Then I said, ‘As it is written of me in the scroll,
behold, I have come to do your will, O God.’ ”
8 First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in,” even though they are offered according to the Law. 9 Then he adds, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He thus abolishes the first to establish the second. 10 And it was by this “will” that we have been consecrated through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 [b]Day after day every priest stands to perform his ministry, offering over and over again the same sacrifices that can never remove sins. 12 But Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, and then took his seat at the right hand of God, 13 where he now waits until his enemies are made his footstool. 14 Therefore, by a single offering he has made perfect forever those who are being sanctified.
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For he first says,
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord.
I will place my laws in their hearts
and inscribe them on their minds.”
17 Then he also asserts,
“Their sins and their lawless acts
I will remember no more.”
18 When these have been forgiven, there are no longer any offerings for sins.
Perseverance in Faith[c]
The Need To Stand Firm
19 Let Us Approach with Sincerity of Heart.[d] Therefore, brethren, the blood of Jesus has given us confidence to enter the sanctuary 20 by the new and living way that he has opened for us through the veil, that is, through his flesh. 21 Since we have a great priest over the household of God, 22 let us approach with sincerity of heart and the full assurance of faith, with hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and bodies washed in pure water.
23 Let us remain firm in the confession of our hope without wavering, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy. 24 And let us consider how to spur one another to love and good works. 25 Do not neglect to attend your assemblies, as some do, but rather encourage one another, especially since you can see the Day[e] approaching.
26 Apostasy Remains Unforgiven.[f] If we deliberately persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, then there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins. 27 There is only a terrifying expectation of judgment and of a fierce fire that will consume the adversaries.
28 Anyone who violates the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more punishment do you think is deserved by the one who has contempt for the Son of God, profanes the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the one who said,
“Vengeance is mine; I will repay,”
and
“The Lord will judge his people.”
31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Do Not Abandon Your Assurance.[g] Remember the days gone by when, after you had been enlightened,[h] you endured a difficult struggle filled with suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes you were companions of those who were treated in the same way. 34 You not only had compassion upon those who were in prison but also cheerfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you realized that you possessed something better and more lasting.
35 Therefore, do not lose your confidence now, since your reward will be so great. 36 You need to be steadfast if you want to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.
37 “For, after a little while,
he who is to come will do so,
and he will not delay.
38 My righteous one shall live by faith,
but if he shrinks back,
I will not be pleased with him.”
39 But we are not among those who draw back and are lost. Rather, we are among those who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:1 The great, endless act of self-giving that extends through the entire existence of Christ is the authentic priestly act, the authentic sacrifice of Christ. He takes away sin and restores the bond with God in his own person, in his own living experience. He founds the New Covenant, the new people who have access to God.
- Hebrews 10:11 Every priest stands to perform his ministry . . . Jesus . . . took his seat: members of the Levitical priesthood always “stood” because their work was never finished; Jesus “took his seat” because his work was completed.
- Hebrews 10:19 A definitive event has been realized for the world: the Death and Resurrection of Christ. The Letter to the Hebrews makes us aware of this by presenting it as the act of the authentic priesthood, the authentic sacrifice, while at the same time downgrading the status of the preceding religious regime, although that too had been established by God. So, too, faith in Christ is a decisive step forward in the life of a human being. The believer is henceforth engaged in a march toward the full encounter with the Lord. In the midst of temptations, fears, and risks, the Christian life is not a simple fidelity to a past but a thrust forward toward the future, toward God. These chapters are a pressing invitation not to let such perspectives be obscured.
- Hebrews 10:19 The path that leads to God is a person, Christ recognized under the characteristics of a high priest. Once baptized, Christians are associated with the Son of God. They must strengthen their conviction and the links of mutual love. May the signs of crises be a call for them to prepare for the return of the Lord.
- Hebrews 10:25 The Day: this refers to the Day of the Lord at the end of time.
- Hebrews 10:26 Once again the author repeats this somber warning (see Heb 6:1-8; Mt 12:31). Those who rebel against Christ exclude themselves from Christ’s forgiveness, from his life, and from his grace. Let them, therefore, meditate on the threats of God’s vengeance about which the Bible speaks, and especially the texts cited here (see Ex 24:8; Deut 17:6; 32:35f; Isa 26:11).
- Hebrews 10:32 As soon as they were baptized and enlightened, believers sacrificed everything for Christ and confronted all difficulties. Now is not the time for them to be discouraged. The Lord will come and he is the recompense for all who do not weaken. Faith is the courageous commitment to Christ.
- Hebrews 10:32 Been enlightened: an ancient phrase for “been baptized”; “enlightenment” or “illumination” was an ancient term for Baptism (see Heb 6:4; Eph 5:14).
Evrei 10
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Evrei 10
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
10 În adevăr, Legea, care are umbra(A) bunurilor(B) viitoare, nu înfăţişarea adevărată a lucrurilor, nu(C) poate niciodată, prin aceleaşi jertfe care se aduc neîncetat în fiecare an, să facă desăvârşiţi(D) pe cei ce se apropie. 2 Altfel, n-ar fi încetat ele oare să fie aduse, dacă cei ce le aduceau, fiind curăţiţi odată, n-ar mai fi trebuit să mai aibă cunoştinţă de păcate? 3 Dar(E) aducerea-aminte a păcatelor este înnoită din an în an, tocmai prin aceste jertfe; 4 căci este cu neputinţă(F) ca sângele taurilor şi al ţapilor să şteargă păcatele. 5 De aceea, când intră în lume, El zice: „Tu n-ai voit nici jertfă, nici prinos, ci Mi-ai pregătit un trup; 6 n-ai primit nici arderi de tot(G), nici jertfe pentru păcat. 7 Atunci am zis: ‘Iată-Mă (în sulul cărţii este scris despre Mine), vin să fac voia Ta, Dumnezeule!’ ” 8 După ce a zis întâi: „Tu n-ai voit şi n-ai primit nici jertfe, nici prinoase, nici arderi de tot, nici jertfe pentru păcat”, (lucruri aduse toate după Lege), 9 apoi zice: „Iată-Mă, vin să fac voia Ta, Dumnezeule”. El desfiinţează astfel pe cele dintâi, ca să pună în loc pe a doua. 10 Prin(H) această „voie” am fost sfinţiţi noi, şi anume prin(I) jertfirea trupului lui Isus Hristos, o dată pentru totdeauna. 11 Şi, pe când orice preot face slujba în fiecare(J) zi şi aduce de multe ori aceleaşi jertfe care(K) niciodată nu pot şterge păcatele, 12 El(L), dimpotrivă, după ce a adus o singură jertfă pentru păcate, S-a aşezat pentru totdeauna la dreapta lui Dumnezeu 13 şi aşteaptă de acum ca vrăjmaşii(M) Lui să-I fie făcuţi aşternut al picioarelor Lui. 14 Căci printr-o singură jertfă El a făcut(N) desăvârşiţi pentru totdeauna pe cei ce sunt sfinţiţi. 15 Lucrul acesta ni-l adevereşte şi Duhul Sfânt. Căci, după ce a zis: 16 „Iată legământul(O) pe care-l voi face cu ei după acele zile, zice Domnul: Voi pune legile Mele în inimile lor şi le voi scrie în mintea lor”, 17 adaugă: „Şi nu-Mi voi mai aduce aminte de păcatele lor, nici de fărădelegile lor”. 18 Dar, acolo unde este iertare de păcate, nu mai este nevoie de jertfă pentru păcat. 19 Astfel dar, fraţilor, fiindcă prin sângele(P) lui Isus avem o intrare slobodă(Q) în Locul Preasfânt 20 pe calea(R) cea nouă şi vie pe care ne-a deschis-o El, prin(S) perdeaua dinăuntru, adică trupul Său, 21 şi fiindcă avem un Mare preot(T) pus peste casa(U) lui Dumnezeu, 22 să(V) ne apropiem cu o inimă curată, cu credinţă deplină(W), cu inimile stropite şi curăţite de(X) un cuget rău şi cu trupul spălat(Y) cu o apă curată. 23 Să(Z) ţinem fără şovăire la mărturisirea nădejdii noastre, căci credincios(AA) este Cel ce a făcut făgăduinţa. 24 Să veghem unii asupra altora, ca să ne îndemnăm la dragoste şi la fapte bune. 25 Să nu părăsim(AB) adunarea noastră, cum au unii obicei, ci să ne îndemnăm unii pe alţii, şi cu(AC) atât mai mult, cu cât vedeţi că ziua se apropie(AD). 26 Căci, dacă(AE) păcătuim cu voia, după(AF) ce am primit cunoştinţa adevărului, nu mai rămâne nicio jertfă pentru păcate, 27 ci doar o aşteptare înfricoşată a judecăţii şi văpaia(AG) unui foc care va mistui pe cei răzvrătiţi. 28 Cine(AH) a călcat Legea lui Moise este omorât fără milă, pe mărturia(AI) a doi sau trei martori. 29 Cu cât(AJ) mai aspră pedeapsă credeţi că va lua cel ce va călca în picioare pe Fiul lui Dumnezeu, va pângări(AK) sângele legământului cu care a fost sfinţit şi va batjocori(AL) pe Duhul harului? 30 Căci ştim cine este Cel ce a zis: „A(AM) Mea este răzbunarea, Eu voi răsplăti!” Şi în altă parte: „Domnul(AN) va judeca pe poporul Său”. 31 Grozav(AO) lucru este să cazi în mâinile Dumnezeului celui viu! 32 Aduceţi-vă(AP) aminte de zilele de la început, când, după ce aţi fost luminaţi(AQ), aţi dus o mare(AR) luptă de suferinţe: 33 pe de o parte, eraţi puşi ca privelişte(AS) în mijlocul ocărilor şi necazurilor şi, pe de alta, v-aţi făcut părtaşi(AT) cu aceia care aveau aceeaşi soartă ca voi. 34 În adevăr, aţi avut milă de cei din temniţă(AU) şi aţi primit cu bucurie răpirea(AV) averilor voastre, ca unii care ştiţi că aveţi(AW) în ceruri o avuţie mai bună, care(AX) dăinuie. 35 Să nu vă părăsiţi dar încrederea voastră, pe care o aşteaptă o mare răsplătire! 36 Căci(AY) aveţi nevoie de răbdare, ca, după ce aţi împlinit voia lui Dumnezeu, să puteţi căpăta(AZ) ce v-a fost făgăduit. 37 „Încă(BA) puţină, foarte puţină vreme”, şi „Cel(BB) ce vine va veni, şi nu va zăbovi. 38 Şi cel neprihănit(BC) va trăi prin credinţă, dar, dacă dă înapoi, sufletul Meu nu găseşte plăcere în el.” 39 Noi însă nu suntem din aceia care(BD) dau înapoi ca să se piardă, ci din aceia care au credinţă(BE) pentru mântuirea sufletului.
Hebrews 10
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Hebrews 10
New International Version
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
10 The law is only a shadow(A) of the good things(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(D) those who draw near to worship.(E) 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.(F) 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.(G) 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats(H) to take away sins.(I)
5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world,(J) he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;(K)
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(L)—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](M)
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(N)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(O) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(P) through the sacrifice of the body(Q) of Jesus Christ once for all.(R)
11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(S) which can never take away sins.(T) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(U) he sat down at the right hand of God,(V) 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.(W) 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect(X) forever those who are being made holy.(Y)
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies(Z) to us about this. First he says:
16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”[b](AA)
17 Then he adds:
18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
A Call to Persevere in Faith
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence(AC) to enter the Most Holy Place(AD) by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way(AE) opened for us through the curtain,(AF) that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest(AG) over the house of God,(AH) 22 let us draw near to God(AI) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(AJ) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(AK) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(AL) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(AM) we profess,(AN) for he who promised is faithful.(AO) 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,(AP) 25 not giving up meeting together,(AQ) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(AR)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(AS)
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning(AT) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,(AU) no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire(AV) that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(AW) 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(AX) underfoot,(AY) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(AZ) that sanctified them,(BA) and who has insulted the Spirit(BB) of grace?(BC) 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d](BD) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e](BE) 31 It is a dreadful thing(BF) to fall into the hands(BG) of the living God.(BH)
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(BI) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(BJ) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;(BK) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.(BL) 34 You suffered along with those in prison(BM) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.(BN) 35 So do not throw away your confidence;(BO) it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere(BP) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(BQ) 37 For,
38 And,
“But my righteous[g] one will live by faith.(BT)
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”[h](BU)
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
- Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33
- Hebrews 10:17 Jer. 31:34
- Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:35
- Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14
- Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
- Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
- Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)
Hebrews 10
King James Version
Hebrews 10
King James Version
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.
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