Hebrews 10:19-39

Christian Standard Bible

Exhortations to Godliness

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus^(A)— ²⁰ he has inaugurated^[a] for us a new and living way through the curtain (that is, through his flesh^(B))— ²¹ and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,^{(C) 22} let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.^{(D) 23} Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.^{(E) 24} And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, ²⁵ not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other,^(F) and all the more as you see the day approaching.

Warning against Deliberate Sin

²⁶ For if we deliberately go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,^{(G) 27} but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries.^{(H) 28} Anyone who disregarded the law of Moses died without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^{(I) 29} How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane^[b] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?^{(J) 30} For we know the one who has said,

and again,

³¹ It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.^(L)

³² Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.^{(M) 33} Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.^{(N) 34} For you sympathized with the prisoners^[f] and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.^{[g](O) 35} So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.^{(P) 36} For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.^(Q)

³⁹ But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.