Hebrews

¹The law had a shadow of the good [things] to come but not the very image of their reality; for this reason, it can never make perfect those who draw near with the same repetitive annual sacrifices. ²Or else, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the ones who offer divine service,²¹⁹⁶ having been cleansed, would no longer have felt guilty for their past sins? ³But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins. ⁴[This is] because it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. ⁵Therefore, when he comes into the world, he says:

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,

but you have prepared a body for me;

⁶You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.

⁷Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come

(in the scroll of the book it is written of me)

to do your will, O God.’²¹⁹⁷

⁸First he said, “Sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin you did not desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the law), ⁹and then he said, “Behold, I have come to do your will, O God.” He takes away the first so that he may establish the second [testament], ¹⁰and by this will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all! ¹¹Every priest indeed stands serving daily, repeatedly offering the same sacrifices which can never take away sins. ¹²But Christ,²¹⁹⁸ after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet. ¹⁴By one offering, he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. ¹⁵The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying before:

¹⁶This is the covenant that I will make with them:

‘After those days,’ says the Lord,

‘I will put my laws on their heart,

I will also write them on their minds.’²¹⁹⁹

¹⁷He then says:

I will remember their sins and iniquities no more.²²⁰⁰

¹⁸Now where there is remission of these sins, there is no more offering for sin.

Boldness in Christ

¹⁹Brethren, we have boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by the way which he opened for us (a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh). ²¹Yes, since we have a great priest over the house of God, ²²let us draw near with a true heart full of faith. Since our hearts have been sprinkled from an evil conscience and our body washed with pure water, ²³let us hang on to the confession of our hope without wavering because the one who made the promise is faithful.

²⁴Let us consider one another, how we may stimulate love and good works. ²⁵Let us not abandon our own gatherings, which is the habit of some. Instead, exhort one another, and even more as you see the Day approaching. ²⁶But if we sin willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is no more sacrifice for sins. ²⁷All that remains is a fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire which will devour the adversaries. ²⁸One who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. ²⁹How much worse a punishment, do you think, will one receive who has trampled the Son of God and profaned the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified, and offended the Spirit of grace? ³⁰For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”²²⁰¹ And also, “The Lord will judge his people.”^{2202 31}It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God! ³²But remember the early days when you had just been enlightened, how you endured a great struggle with sufferings. ³³Sometimes you were exposed to insults and oppressions; and at other times you stood with those who were treated in such a way. ³⁴Indeed, you had compassion for me in my chains and joyfully accepted the seizure of your property, knowing that you have a better and enduring property in the heavens. ³⁵Therefore, do not throw away your confidence which has a great reward. ³⁶Indeed, you need endurance in order to receive the promise after having done the will of God:

³⁷In a very little while,

he who comes will come and will not wait.

³⁸But the righteous will live by faith.

If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.²²⁰³

³⁹But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who believe and so are saved.

By faith

2196. Greek latreu,ontaj
2197. Psalm 40:6-8/39 LXX (This quote agrees with LXX against the Masoretic text. MT is an abbreviation for both Masoretic Text in an Old Testament context and Majority Text when referring to the New Testament).
2198. Greek “he”
2199. Jeremiah 31:33
2200. Jeremiah 31:34
2201. Deuteronomy 32:35
2202. Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14/134 LXX
2203. Habakkuk 2:3-4 (This quote agrees with LXX against the Masoretic text)