Hebrews 10:16-39

English Standard Version

¹⁶^(A)“This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”

¹⁷then he adds,

^(B)“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

¹⁸Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

The Full Assurance of Faith

¹⁹^(C)Therefore, brothers,^[a] since we have confidence to enter ^(D)the holy places by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by ^(E)the new and living way that he opened for us through ^(F)the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ²¹and since we have ^(G)a great priest over the house of God, ²²let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts ^(H)sprinkled clean ^(I)from an evil conscience and our bodies ^(J)washed with pure water. ²³^(K)Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for ^(L)he who promised is faithful. ²⁴And ^(M)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, ²⁵^(N)not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and ^(O)all the more as you see ^(P)the Day drawing near.

²⁶For ^(Q)if we go on sinning deliberately ^(R)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, ^(S)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷^(T)but a fearful expectation of judgment, and ^(U)a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. ²⁸^(V)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy ^(W)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. ²⁹How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one ^(X)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned ^(Y)the blood of the covenant ^(Z)by which he was sanctified, and has ^(AA)outraged the Spirit of grace? ³⁰For we know him who said, ^(AB)“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, ^(AC)“The Lord will judge his people.” ³¹^(AD)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³²But recall the former days when, after ^(AE)you were enlightened, you endured ^(AF)a hard struggle with sufferings, ³³sometimes being ^(AG)publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. ³⁴For ^(AH)you had compassion on those in prison, and ^(AI)you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had ^(AJ)a better possession and an abiding one. ³⁵Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has ^(AK)a great reward. ³⁶For ^(AL)you have need of endurance, so that ^(AM)when you have done the will of God you may ^(AN)receive what is promised. ³⁷For,

^(AO)“Yet a little while,
and ^(AP)the coming one will come and will not delay;
³⁸^(AQ)but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”