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Hebrews 10-13
New International Version
Hebrews 10-13
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.
Faith in Action
11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(BV) and assurance about what we do not see.(BW) 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.(BX)
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(BY) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(BZ) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(CA) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(CB)
5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[i](CC) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(CD) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(CE) in holy fear built an ark(CF) to save his family.(CG) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(CH)
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(CI) obeyed and went,(CJ) even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land(CK) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(CL) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(CM) 10 For he was looking forward to the city(CN) with foundations,(CO) whose architect and builder is God.(CP) 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(CQ) was enabled to bear children(CR) because she[j] considered him faithful(CS) who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(CT) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(CU)
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(CV) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(CW) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(CX) 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.(CY) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(CZ) Therefore God is not ashamed(DA) to be called their God,(DB) for he has prepared a city(DC) for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.(DD) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[k](DE) 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,(DF) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.(DG)
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,(DH) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.(DI)
23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,(DJ) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.(DK)
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(DL) 25 He chose to be mistreated(DM) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(DN) for the sake of Christ(DO) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(DP) 27 By faith he left Egypt,(DQ) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer(DR) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.(DS)
29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(DT)
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(DU)
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[l](DV)
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(DW) Barak,(DX) Samson(DY) and Jephthah,(DZ) about David(EA) and Samuel(EB) and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms,(EC) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(ED) 34 quenched the fury of the flames,(EE) and escaped the edge of the sword;(EF) whose weakness was turned to strength;(EG) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(EH) 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again.(EI) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(EJ) and even chains and imprisonment.(EK) 37 They were put to death by stoning;[m](EL) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.(EM) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,(EN) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves(EO) and in holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended(EP) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,(EQ) 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us(ER) would they be made perfect.(ES)
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run(ET) with perseverance(EU) the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus,(EV) the pioneer(EW) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,(EX) scorning its shame,(EY) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(EZ) 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(FA) and lose heart.
God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(FB) 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart(FC) when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(FD)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[n](FE)
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(FF) For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(FG)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits(FH) and live!(FI) 10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(FJ) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(FK) for those who have been trained by it.
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(FL) 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[o](FM) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.(FN)
Warning and Encouragement
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(FO) and to be holy;(FP) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(FQ) 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(FR) and that no bitter root(FS) grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral,(FT) or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.(FU) 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears,(FV) he could not change what he had done.
The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;(FW) 19 to a trumpet blast(FX) or to such a voice speaking words(FY) that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,(FZ) 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”[p](GA) 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”[q](GB)
22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(GC) to the city(GD) of the living God,(GE) the heavenly Jerusalem.(GF) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,(GG) whose names are written in heaven.(GH) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(GI) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(GJ) 24 to Jesus the mediator(GK) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(GL) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(GM)
25 See to it that you do not refuse(GN) him who speaks.(GO) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(GP) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(GQ) 26 At that time his voice shook the earth,(GR) but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[r](GS) 27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken(GT)—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,(GU) let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,(GV) 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[s](GW)
Concluding Exhortations
13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(GX) 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(GY) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(GZ) 3 Continue to remember those in prison(HA) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
4 Marriage should be honored by all,(HB) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(HC) 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money(HD) and be content with what you have,(HE) because God has said,
6 So we say with confidence,
7 Remember your leaders,(HH) who spoke the word of God(HI) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(HJ) their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(HK)
9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(HL) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(HM) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(HN) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(HO) 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(HP) have no right to eat.(HQ)
11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(HR) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(HS) 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate(HT) to make the people holy(HU) through his own blood.(HV) 13 Let us, then, go to him(HW) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.(HX) 14 For here we do not have an enduring city,(HY) but we are looking for the city that is to come.(HZ)
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(IA) of praise—the fruit of lips(IB) that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others,(IC) for with such sacrifices(ID) God is pleased.
17 Have confidence in your leaders(IE) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(IF) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
18 Pray for us.(IG) We are sure that we have a clear conscience(IH) and desire to live honorably in every way. 19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.(II)
Benediction and Final Greetings
20 Now may the God of peace,(IJ) who through the blood of the eternal covenant(IK) brought back from the dead(IL) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,(IM) 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(IN) and may he work in us(IO) what is pleasing to him,(IP) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(IQ)
22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.(IR)
23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy(IS) has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
24 Greet all your leaders(IT) and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy(IU) send you their greetings.
25 Grace be with you all.(IV)
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 11:5 Gen. 5:24
- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
- Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12
- Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
- Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;
- Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)
- Hebrews 12:13 Prov. 4:26
- Hebrews 12:20 Exodus 19:12,13
- Hebrews 12:21 See Deut. 9:19.
- Hebrews 12:26 Haggai 2:6
- Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24
- Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
- Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7
Hebrews 10-13
King James Version
Hebrews 10-13
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.
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
13 Let brotherly love continue.
2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
Hebrews 10-13
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Hebrews 10-13
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Animal Sacrifices Insufficient
10 For the law, having a (A)shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, (B)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 [a]purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For (C)it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
Christ’s Death Fulfills God’s Will(D)
5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:
(E)“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, [b]O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 (F)By that will we have been [c]sanctified (G)through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Christ’s Death Perfects the Sanctified
11 And every priest stands (H)ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 (I)But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down (J)at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting (K)till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being [d]sanctified.
15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,
16 (L)“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, (M)“Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” 18 Now where there is [e]remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
Hold Fast Your Confession
19 Therefore, brethren, having (N)boldness[f] to enter (O)the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and (P)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 (Q)draw near with a true heart (R)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 (S)He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 (T)not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and (U)so much the more as you see (V)the Day approaching.
The Just Live by Faith
26 For (W)if we sin willfully (X)after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there (Y)no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and (Z)fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three (AA)witnesses. 29 (AB)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, (AC)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, (AD)and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, (AE)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” [g]says the Lord. And again, (AF)“The Lord will judge His people.” 31 (AG)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But (AH)recall the former days in which, after you were [h]illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 33 partly while you were made (AI)a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while (AJ)you became companions of those who were so treated; 34 for you had compassion on [i]me (AK)in my chains, and (AL)joyfully accepted the plundering of your [j]goods, knowing that (AM)you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves [k]in heaven. 35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, (AN)which has great reward. 36 (AO)For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, (AP)you may receive the promise:
37 “For (AQ)yet a little while,
And (AR)He[l] who is coming will come and will not [m]tarry.
38 Now (AS)the[n] just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those (AT)who draw back to [o]perdition, but of those who (AU)believe to the saving of the soul.
By Faith We Understand
11 Now faith is the [p]substance of things hoped for, the [q]evidence (AV)of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
3 By faith we understand that (AW)the [r]worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Faith at the Dawn of History(AX)
4 By faith (AY)Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still (AZ)speaks.
5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, (BA)“and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
7 By faith (BB)Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, (BC)prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of (BD)the righteousness which is according to faith.
Faithful Abraham(BE)
8 By faith (BF)Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, (BG)dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, (BH)the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for (BI)the city which has foundations, (BJ)whose builder and maker is God.
11 By faith (BK)Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and (BL)she[s] bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him (BM)faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as (BN)dead, were born as many as the (BO)stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.
The Heavenly Hope
13 These all died in faith, (BP)not having received the (BQ)promises, but (BR)having seen them afar off [t]were assured of them, embraced them and (BS)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things (BT)declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind (BU)that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed (BV)to be called their God, for He has (BW)prepared a city for them.
The Faith of the Patriarchs(BX)
17 By faith Abraham, (BY)when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 [u]of whom it was said, (BZ)“In Isaac your seed shall be called,” 19 concluding that God (CA)was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
20 By faith (CB)Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, (CC)blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
22 By faith (CD)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
The Faith of Moses(CE)
23 By faith (CF)Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s (CG)command.
24 By faith (CH)Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the [v]passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming (CI)the [w]reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures [x]in Egypt; for he looked to the (CJ)reward.
27 By faith (CK)he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 By faith (CL)he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith (CM)they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.
By Faith They Overcame
30 By faith (CN)the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 31 By faith (CO)the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who [y]did not believe, when (CP)she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of (CQ)Gideon and (CR)Barak and (CS)Samson and (CT)Jephthah, also of (CU)David and (CV)Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, (CW)stopped the mouths of lions, 34 (CX)quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 (CY)Women received their dead raised to life again.
Others were (CZ)tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and (DA)of chains and imprisonment. 37 (DB)They were stoned, they were sawn in two, [z]were tempted, were slain with the sword. (DC)They wandered about (DD)in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, (DE)in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And all these, (DF)having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be (DG)made perfect apart from us.
The Race of Faith
12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, (DH)let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and (DI)let us run (DJ)with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the [aa]author and [ab]finisher of our faith, (DK)who for the joy that was set before Him (DL)endured the cross, despising the shame, and (DM)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
The Discipline of God(DN)
3 (DO)For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, (DP)lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. 4 (DQ)You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:
(DR)“My son, do not despise the [ac]chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
6 For (DS)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”
7 (DT)If[ad] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (DU)son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, (DV)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (DW)the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, (DX)that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no [ae]chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields (DY)the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Renew Your Spiritual Vitality(DZ)
12 Therefore (EA)strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
14 (EB)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (EC)without which no one will see the Lord: 15 looking carefully lest anyone (ED)fall short of the grace of God; lest any (EE)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16 lest there be any (EF)fornicator or [af]profane person like Esau, (EG)who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. 17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was (EH)rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
The Glorious Company
18 For you have not come [ag]to (EI)the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and [ah]darkness and tempest, 19 and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it (EJ)begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. 20 (For they could not endure what was commanded: (EK)“And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned [ai]or shot with an arrow.” 21 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, (EL)“I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”)
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the [aj]general assembly and church of (EM)the firstborn (EN)who are registered in heaven, to God (EO)the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men (EP)made perfect, 24 to Jesus (EQ)the Mediator of the new covenant, and to (ER)the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things (ES)than that of Abel.
Hear the Heavenly Voice
25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For (ET)if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, (EU)“Yet once more I [ak]shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the (EV)removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we [al]may (EW)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For (EX)our God is a consuming fire.
Concluding Moral Directions
13 Let (EY)brotherly love continue. 2 (EZ)Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing (FA)some have unwittingly entertained angels. 3 (FB)Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.
4 (FC)Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; (FD)but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, (FE)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we may boldly say:
(FF)“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”
Concluding Religious Directions
7 Remember those who [am]rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. 8 Jesus Christ is (FG)the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Do not be carried [an]about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might [ao]sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13 Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing (FH)His reproach. 14 For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. 15 (FI)Therefore by Him let us continually offer (FJ)the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (FK)the fruit of our lips, [ap]giving thanks to His name. 16 (FL)But do not forget to do good and to share, for (FM)with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17 (FN)Obey those who [aq]rule over you, and be submissive, for (FO)they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
Prayer Requested
18 (FP)Pray for us; for we are confident that we have (FQ)a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. 19 But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell
20 Now may (FR)the God of peace (FS)who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, (FT)that great Shepherd of the sheep, (FU)through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 make you [ar]complete in every good work to do His will, (FV)working in [as]you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
22 And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words. 23 Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly.
24 Greet all those who [at]rule over you, and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.
25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
Footnotes
- 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
- Hebrews 11:1 realization
- Hebrews 11:1 Or confidence
- Hebrews 11:3 Or ages, Gr. aiones, aeons
- Hebrews 11:11 NU omits she bore a child
- Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them
- Hebrews 11:18 to
- Hebrews 11:25 temporary
- Hebrews 11:26 reviling because of
- Hebrews 11:26 NU, M of
- Hebrews 11:31 were disobedient
- Hebrews 11:37 NU omits were tempted
- Hebrews 12:2 originator
- Hebrews 12:2 perfecter
- Hebrews 12:5 discipline
- Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God
- Hebrews 12:11 discipline
- Hebrews 12:16 godless
- Hebrews 12:18 NU to that which
- Hebrews 12:18 NU gloom
- Hebrews 12:20 NU, M omit the rest of v. 20.
- Hebrews 12:23 festal gathering
- Hebrews 12:26 NU will shake
- Hebrews 12:28 M omits may
- Hebrews 13:7 lead
- Hebrews 13:9 NU, M away
- Hebrews 13:12 set apart
- Hebrews 13:15 Lit. confessing
- Hebrews 13:17 lead
- Hebrews 13:21 perfect
- Hebrews 13:21 NU, M us
- Hebrews 13:24 lead
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