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, ^[a]O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. ^10 (A)By that will we have been ^[b]sanctified ^(B)through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Christ’s Death Perfects the Sanctified

¹¹ And every priest stands ^(C)ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. ^12 (D)But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down ^(E)at the right hand of God, ¹³ from that time waiting ^(F)till His enemies are made His footstool. ¹⁴ For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being ^[c]sanctified.

¹⁵ But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,

^16 (G)“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, ^(H)“Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” ¹⁸ Now where there is ^[d]remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

Hold Fast Your Confession

¹⁹ Therefore, brethren, having ^(I)boldness^[e] to enter ^(J)the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by a new and ^(K)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 ^(L)draw near with a true heart ^(M)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 ^(N)He who promised is faithful. ²⁴ And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, ^25 (O)not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and ^(P)so much the more as you see ^(Q)the Day approaching.

The Just Live by Faith

²⁶ For ^(R)if we sin willfully ^(S)after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there ^(T)no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and ^(U)fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. ²⁸ Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three ^(V)witnesses. ^29 (W)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, ^(X)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, ^(Y)and insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, ^(Z)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” ^[f]says the Lord. 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.