In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

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;

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;

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you did not delight in whole burnt offerings and offerings for sins.
    Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
in the roll of the book it is written about me—
    to do your will, O God.’

When he says above,

“Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin
    you did not want, nor did you delight in,”[a]

which are offered according to the law, then he has said,

“Behold, I have come to do your will.”[b]

He takes away the first in order to establish the second, 10 by which will we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 And every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices many times, which are never able to take away sins. 12 But this one, after he[c] had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:8 Various phrases from the quotation of Ps 40:6 in Heb 10:5–6 are repeated here
  2. Hebrews 10:9 A repetition of Ps 40:8 from Heb 10:7; many later manuscripts add “O God,” making the quotation conform to Heb 10:7 more closely
  3. Hebrews 10:12 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“had offered”)