1 For the Law, being only a10:1 The Gk. lacks only a reflection b10:1 Or shadow of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never make perfect those who come near by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year. ISV — Hebrews 10:1
2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped offering them, because the worshipers, cleansed once for all, would no longer be aware of any sins? ISV — Hebrews 10:2
3 Instead, through those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year, ISV — Hebrews 10:3
4 for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. ISV — Hebrews 10:4
5 For this reason, the Scriptures c10:5 The Gk. lacks the Scriptures say, when the Messiah d10:5 Lit. when he was about to come into the world: “You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me. ISV — Hebrews 10:5
6 In burnt offerings and sin offerings you never took delight. ISV — Hebrews 10:6
7 Then I said, ‘See, I have come to do your will, O God’ In the volume of the scroll this is written about me.” e10:7 Cf. Ps 40:6-8 ISV — Hebrews 10:7
8 In this passage he says, “You never wanted or took delight in sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sin offerings,” f10:8 Cf. Ps 40:6 which are offered according to the Law. ISV — Hebrews 10:8
9 Then he says, “See, I have come to do your will.” g10:9 Cf. Ps 40:7 He takes away the first in order to establish the second. ISV — Hebrews 10:9
10 By God’s will we have been sanctified once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah. h10:10 Or Christ ISV — Hebrews 10:10
11 Day after day every priest stands and repeatedly offers the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. ISV — Hebrews 10:11
12 But when this priest i10:12 Lit. this one had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God.” j10:12 Cf. Ps 110:1 ISV — Hebrews 10:12
13 Since that time, he has been waiting for his enemies to be made a footstool for his feet. ISV — Hebrews 10:13
14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. ISV — Hebrews 10:14
15 The Holy Spirit also assures us of this, for he said: ISV — Hebrews 10:15
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: k10:16 MT source citation reads LORD I will put my laws in their hearts and will write them on their minds, ISV — Hebrews 10:16
17 and I will never again remember their sins and their lawless deeds.” l10:17 Jer 31:34 ISV — Hebrews 10:17
18 Now where there is forgiveness of these sins, m10:18 Lit. of these things there is no longer any offering for sin. ISV — Hebrews 10:18
19 Therefore, my brothers, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, ISV — Hebrews 10:19
20 the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), ISV — Hebrews 10:20
21 and since we have a great high priest over the household of God, ISV — Hebrews 10:21
22 let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. ISV — Hebrews 10:22
23 Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the promise is faithful. ISV — Hebrews 10:23
24 And let us continue to consider how to motivate one another to love and good deeds, ISV — Hebrews 10:24
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another even more as you see the day of the Lord n10:25 The Gk. lacks of the Lord coming nearer. ISV — Hebrews 10:25
26 For if we choose to go on sinning after we have learned the full truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ISV — Hebrews 10:26
27 but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. o10:27 The Gk. lacks of God ISV — Hebrews 10:27
28 Anyone who violates the Law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.” p10:28 Cf. Deut 17:6 ISV — Hebrews 10:28
29 How much more severe a punishment do you think that person deserves who tramples on God’s Son, treats as common the blood of the covenant by which it q10:29 Or he was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace? ISV — Hebrews 10:29
30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back,” r10:30 Cf. Deut 32:35 and again, “The Lord s10:30 MT source citation reads LORD will judge his people.” t10:30 Cf. Deut 32:36; Ps 135:14 ISV — Hebrews 10:30
31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God! ISV — Hebrews 10:31
32 But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle. ISV — Hebrews 10:32
33 At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way. ISV — Hebrews 10:33
34 For you sympathized u10:34 Or suffered with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession. ISV — Hebrews 10:34
35 So don’t lose your confidence, since it holds a great reward for you. ISV — Hebrews 10:35
36 For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will you can receive what he has promised. ISV — Hebrews 10:36
37 For “in a very little while the one who is coming will return— he will not delay; ISV — Hebrews 10:37
38 but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him.” v10:38 Cf. Isa 26:20 (LXX); Hab 2:3-4 (LXX) ISV — Hebrews 10:38
39 Now, we do not belong to those who turn back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved. ISV — Hebrews 10:39