Hebrews 10

1 For the Law hauing the shadowe of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can neuer with those sacrifices, which they offer yeere by yeere continually, sanctifie the commers thereunto.

For the law, having in a shadow of the destined good things, not the very image of the things, they can never, with the same sacrifices which year by year they offer evermore, make them who approach, perfect;

2 For would they not then haue ceased to haue bene offered, because that the offerers once purged, should haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

Else would they not, in that case, have ceased being offered, by reason of those rendering the divine service having no further conscience at all of sins, being once for all purified?

3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance againe of sinnes euery yeere.

But, in them, is a recalling to mind of sins, year by year,

4 For it is vnpossible that the blood of bulles and goates should take away sinnes.

For it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to be taking away sins.

5 Wherefore when he commeth into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not: but a body hast thou ordeined me.

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith: Sacrifice and offering, thou willedst not, but, a body, hast thou fitted for me, —

6 In burnt offerings, and sinne offrings thou hast had no pleasure.

In whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sins, thou didst not delight:

7 Then I sayd, Lo, I come (In the beginning of the booke it is written of me) that I should doe thy will, O God.

Then, said I—Lo! I am come, —in the heading of the scroll, it is written concerning me, —to do, O God, thy will.

8 Aboue, when he sayd, Sacrifice and offring, and burnt offrings, and sinne offrings thou wouldest not haue, neither hadst pleasure therein (which are offered by the Lawe)

Higher up, saying—Sacrifices, and offerings, and whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sins, thou willedst not, neither delightedst in, —the which, according to the law, are offered,

9 Then sayd he, Lo, I come to doe thy wil, O God, he taketh away the first, that he may stablish the second.

Then, hath he said—Lo! I am come! to do, thy will: —he taketh away the first, that, the second, he may establish:

10 By the which wil we are sanctified, euen by the offring of the body of Iesus Christ once made.

By which will, we have been made holy, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all.

11 And euery Priest standeth dayly ministring, and oft times offreth one maner of offring, which can neuer take away sinnes:

And, every priest, indeed, standeth daily publicly ministering, and the same sacrifices ofttimes offering, the which never can clear away sins;

12 But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sinnes, sitteth for euer at the right hand of God,

But this priest, having offered one sacrifice for sins evermore, sat down on the right hand of God:

13 And from hencefoorth tarieth, till his enemies be made his footestoole.

As for the rest, waiting—until his foes be made his footstool;

14 For with one offering hath he consecrated for euer them that are sanctified.

For, by one offering, hath he perfected for evermore, them who are being made holy.

15 For the holy Ghost also beareth vs record: for after that he had sayd before,

But even the Holy Spirit beareth us witness; for, after having said—

16 This is the Testament that I will make vnto them after those dayes, sayth the Lord, I wil put my Lawes in their heart, and in their mindes I will write them.

This is the covenant which I will covenant unto them after these days, saith the Lord, —Giving my laws upon their hearts, upon their understandings also, will I inscribe them,

17 And their sinnes and iniquities will I remember no more.

[He] also [saith] —of their sins, and of their lawlessnesses, I will in nowise be mindful any more.

18 Nowe where remission of these things is, there is no more offering for sinne.

But, wherever a remission of these is, there is, no further, offering, for sins.

19 Seeing therefore, brethren, that by the blood of Iesus we may be bolde to enter into the Holy place,

Having therefore, brethren, freedom of speech for the entrance through the Holy place, by the blood of Jesus,

20 By the newe and liuing way, which hee hath prepared for vs, through the vaile, that is, his flesh:

Which entrance he hath consecrated for us, as a way recent and living, through the veil, that is, his flesh, —

21 And seeing we haue an hie Priest, which is ouer the house of God,

And having a great priest over the house of God,

22 Let vs drawe neere with a true heart in assurance of faith, our hearts being pure from an euill conscience,

Let us approach with a genuine heart, in full assurance of faith, having been sprinkled, as to our hearts, from an evil conscience, and bathed, as to our bodies, with pure water;

23 And washed in our bodies with pure water, let vs keepe the profession of our hope, without wauering, (for he is faithfull that promised)

Let us hold fast the confession of the hope without wavering, —for, faithful, is he that hath promised;

24 And let vs consider one another, to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes,

And let us attentively consider one another, to provoke unto love and noble works, —

25 Not forsaking the fellowship that we haue among our selues, as the maner of some is: but let vs exhort one another, and that so much the more, because ye see that the day draweth neere.

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, according to the custom of some, but exhorting, and by so much the more as this, by as much as ye behold, the day, drawing near.

26 For if we sinne willingly after that we haue receiued and acknowledged that trueth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sinnes,

For, if, by choice, we be sinning, after the receiving of the full-knowledge of the truth, no longer, for sins, is there left over, a sacrifice,

27 But a fearefull looking for of iudgement, and violent fire, which shall deuoure the aduersaries.

But some fearful reception of judgment and fiery jealousy, about to devour the opposers.

28 He that despiseth Moses Law, dieth without mercy vnder two, or three witnesses:

Any one having set aside a law of Moses, apart from compassions, upon [the testimony of] two or three witnesses, dieth:

29 Of howe much sorer punishment suppose ye shall hee be worthy, which treadeth vnder foote the Sonne of God, and counteth the blood of the Testament as an vnholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doeth despite the Spirit of grace?

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be accounted worthy, who hath trampled underfoot the Son of God, and, the blood of the covenant, hath esteemed, a profane thing, by which he had been made holy, and, unto the Spirit of favour, hath offered wanton insult?

30 For we know him that hath sayd, Vengeance belongeth vnto mee: I will recompense, saith the Lord. And againe, The Lord shall iudge his people.

For we know him that hath said—To me, belongeth avenging, I, will recompense; and again—The Lord will judge his people.

31 It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God.

A fearful thing [it is] to fall into the hands of a Living God!

32 Nowe call to remembrance the dayes that are passed, in the which, after ye had receiued light, ye endured a great fight in afflictions,

But be calling to mind the former days, in which, once ye were illuminated, a great combat of sufferings, ye endured; —

33 Partly while yee were made a gazing stocke both by reproches and afflictions, and partly while ye became companions of them which were so tossed to and from.

Partly, indeed, because, both with reproaches and tribulations, ye were being made a spectacle, but, partly, because, into fellowship with them who were so involved, ye were brought; —

34 For both ye sorowed with mee for my bonds, and suffered with ioy the spoyling of your goods, knowing in your selues howe that ye haue in heauen a better, and an enduring substance.

For, even with them who were in bonds, ye sympathised, and, unto the seizure of your goods, with joy, ye bade welcome, —knowing that ye have yourselves, for a better possession and an abiding.

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompense of reward.

Do not, then, cast away your freedom of speech, —the which hath a great recompense.

36 For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promise.

For, of endurance, ye have need, in order that, the will of God having done, Ye may bear away, the promise.

37 For yet a very litle while, and hee that shall come, will come, and will not tary.

For, yet a little while, how short! how short! The Coming One will be here, and will not tarry;

38 Nowe the iust shall liue by faith: but if any withdrawe himselfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him.

But, my righteous one, by faith, shall live, and, if he draw back, my soul delighteth not in him.

39 But we are not they which withdrawe our selues vnto perdition, but follow faith vnto the conseruation of the soule.

We, however, are not of a drawing back unto destruction, but, of faith, unto an acquisition of life.