Dual Panel1For <1063> the law <3551> possesses <2192> a shadow <4639> of the good things <18> to come <3195> but not <3756> the reality <1504> itself <846>, and is therefore completely unable <3763> <1410>, by the same <846> sacrifices <2378> offered <4374> continually <1336>, year after year <2596> <1763>, to perfect <5048> those who come to worship <4334>.
2For otherwise <1893> would they <3973> not <3756> have ceased <3973> to be offered <4374>, since <1223> the worshipers <3000> would have been purified <2511> once for all <530> and so have <2192> no <3367> further <2089> consciousness <4893> of sin <266>?
3But <235> in <1722> those sacrifices <846> there is a reminder <364> of sins <266> year after year <2596> <1763>.
4For <1063> the blood <129> of bulls <5022> and <2532> goats <5131> cannot <102> take away <851> sins <266>.
5So <1352> when <1525> he came <1525> into <1519> the world <2889>, he said <3004>, “Sacrifice <2378> and <2532> offering <4376> you did <2309> not <3756> desire <2309>, but <1161> a body <4983> you prepared <2675> for me <3427>.
6“Whole burnt offerings <3646> and <2532> sin-offerings <266> you took <2106> no <3756> delight in <2106>.
7“Then <5119> I said <2036>, ‘Here I am: I have come <2240>– it is written <1125> of <4012> me <1700> in <1722> the scroll <2777> of the book <975>– to do <4160> your <4675> will <2307>, O God <2316>.’”
8When <3004> he says <3004> above <511>, “Sacrifices <2378> and <2532> offerings <4376> and <2532> whole burnt offerings <3646> and <2532> sin-offerings <266> you did <2309> not <3756> desire <2309> nor <3761> did you take delight <2106> in them” (which <3748> are offered <4374> according <2596> to the law <3551>),
9then <5119> he says <2046>, “Here <2400> I am: I have come <2240> to do <4160> your <4675> will <2307>.” He does away <337> with the first <4413> to <2443> establish <2476> the second <1208>.
10By <1722> his will <2307> we have been <1510> made holy <37> through <1223> the offering <4376> of the body <4983> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> once for all <2178>.
11And <2532> every <3956> priest <2409> stands <2476> day after day <2596> <2250> serving <3008> and offering <4374> the same <846> sacrifices <2378> again and again <4178>– sacrifices that <3748> can <1410> never <3763> take away <4014> sins <266>.
12But <1161> when this <3778> priest had offered <4374> one <1520> sacrifice <2378> for <5228> sins <266> for <1519> all time <1336>, he sat down <2523> at <1722> the right hand <1188> of God <2316>,
13where he is now <3063> waiting <1551> until <2193> his <846> enemies <2190> are made <5087> a footstool <5286> for his <846> feet <4228>.
14For <1063> by one <1520> offering <4376> he has perfected <5048> for <1519> all time <1336> those who are made holy <37>.
15And <1161> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> also <2532> witnesses <3140> to us <2254>, for <1063> after <3326> saying <4483>,
16“This <3778> is the covenant <1242> that <3739> I will establish <1303> with <4314> them <846> after <3326> those <1565> days <2250>, says <3004> the Lord <2962>. I will put <1325> my <3450> laws <3551> on <1909> their <846> hearts <2588> and <2532> I will inscribe <1924> them <846> on <1909> their <846> minds <1271>,”
17then <2532> he says, “Their <846> sins <266> and <2532> their <846> lawless <458> deeds I will remember <3403> no <3756> <3361> longer <2089>.”
18Now <1161> where <3699> there is forgiveness <859> of these <5130>, there is no longer <3765> any offering <4376> for <4012> sin <266>.
19Therefore <3767>, brothers and sisters <80>, since we have <2192> confidence <3954> to <1519> enter <1529> the sanctuary <39> by <1722> the blood <129> of Jesus <2424>,
20by the fresh <4372> and <2532> living <2198> way <3598> that <3739> he inaugurated <1457> for us <2254> through <1223> the curtain <2665>, that <5124> is <1510>, through his <846> flesh <4561>,
21and <2532> since we have a great <3173> priest <2409> over <1909> the house <3624> of God <2316>,
22let us draw near <4334> with <3326> a sincere <228> heart <2588> in <1722> the assurance <4136> that faith <4102> brings, because we have had our hearts <2588> sprinkled clean <4472> from <575> an evil <4190> conscience <4893> and <2532> our bodies <4983> washed <3068> in pure <2513> water <5204>.
23And let us hold <2722> unwaveringly <186> to the hope <1680> that we confess <3671>, for <1063> the one who made the promise <1861> is trustworthy <4103>.
24And <2532> let us take thought <2657> of how to spur <3948> one another <240> on to <1519> love <26> and <2532> good <2570> works <2041>,
25not <3361> abandoning <1459> our own <1438> meetings <1997>, as <2531> some <5100> are in the habit <1485> of doing, but <235> encouraging <3870> each other, and <2532> even <5118> more <3123> so because you see <991> the day <2250> drawing near <1448>.
26For <1063> if we deliberately <1596> keep on sinning <264> after <3326> receiving <2983> the knowledge <1922> of the truth <225>, no further <3765> sacrifice <2378> for <4012> sins <266> is left <620> for us <2257>,
27but <1161> only a certain <5100> fearful <5398> expectation <1561> of judgment <2920> and <2532> a fury <2205> of fire <4442> that will <3195> consume <2068> God’s enemies <5227>.
28Someone <5100> who rejected <114> the law <3551> of Moses <3475> was put to death <599> without <5565> mercy <3628> on <1909> the testimony of two <1417> or <2228> three <5140> witnesses <3144>.
29How much <4214> greater <5501> punishment <5098> do you think <1380> that person deserves <515> who has contempt <2839> for the Son <5207> of God <2316>, and <2532> profanes <2662> the blood <129> of the covenant <1242> that made <37> him holy <37>, and <2532> insults <1796> the Spirit <4151> of grace <5485>?
30For <1063> we know <1492> the one who said <2036>, “Vengeance <1557> is mine <1698>, I <1473> will repay <467>,” and <2532> again <3825>, “The Lord <2962> will judge <2919> his <846> people <2992>.”
31It is a terrifying <5398> thing to fall <1706> into <1519> the hands <5495> of the living <2198> God <2316>.
32But <1161> remember <363> the former <4386> days <2250> when you endured <5278> a harsh <4183> conflict <119> of suffering <3804> after <1722> you were enlightened <5461>.
33At times you were publicly exposed <2301> to abuse and <2532> afflictions <2347>, and at other times you came <1096> to share <2844> with others who were treated <390> in that way <3779>.
34For <1063> in fact you shared the sufferings <4834> of those in prison <1198>, and <2532> you accepted <4327> the confiscation <724> of your <5216> belongings <5224> with <3326> joy <5479>, because you knew <1097> that you <1438> certainly had <2192> a better <2909> and <2532> lasting <3306> possession <5223>.
35So <3767> do <577> not <3361> throw away <577> your <5216> confidence <3954>, because it has <2192> great <3173> reward <3405>.
36For <1063> you need <2192> <5532> endurance <5281> in order <2443> to do <4160> God’s <2316> will <2307> and so receive <2865> what is promised <1860>.
37For <1063> just a little <3397> longer <2089> and he who is coming <2064> will arrive <2240> and <2532> not <3756> delay <5549>.
38But <1161> my <3450> righteous one <1342> will live <2198> by <1537> faith <4102>, and <2532> if <1437> he shrinks back <5288>, I <3450> take <2106> no <3756> pleasure <2106> in <1722> him <846>.
39But <1161> we <2249> are <1510> not <3756> among those who shrink back <5289> and thus <1519> perish <684>, but <235> are among those who have faith <4102> and preserve <4047> their souls <5590>.