New American Standard Bible 1995

English Standard Version

1For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.

1For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.

2Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins?

2Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

3But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.

3But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

5Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME;

5Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;

6IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE.

6in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.

7"THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME (IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'"

7Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”

8After saying above, "SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them" (which are offered according to the Law),

8When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law),

9then He said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

9then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.

10By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

10And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins;

11And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

12but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,

12But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

13waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.

13waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.

14For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

14For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

15And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,

15And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,

16"THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," He then says,

16“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,”

17"AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."

17then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

18Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.

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

19Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

20by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,

20by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

22let 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 with pure water.

23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;

23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

24and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,

24And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

25not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

25not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

26For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

26For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

27but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.

27but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

28Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

28Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

29How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

29How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?

30For we know Him who said, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY." And again, "THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE."

30For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,

32But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

33partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated.

33sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

34For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one.

34For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

35Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

35Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

36For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

36For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

37FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.

37For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay;

38BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.

38but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

39But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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