Christ or Judgment

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

27 but a terrifying expectation of ajudgment and bthe fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.

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

29 aHow much severer punishment do you think he will deserve bwho has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean cthe blood of the covenant dby which he was sanctified, and has einsulted the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know Him who said, “aVengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “bThe Lord will judge His people.”

31 It is a aterrifying thing to fall into the hands of the bliving God.

32 But remember athe former days, 1when, after being benlightened, you endured a great cconflict of sufferings,

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

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

35 Therefore, do not throw away your aconfidence, which has a great breward.

36 For you have need of aendurance, so that when you have bdone the will of God, you may creceive 1what was promised.

37 aFor yet in a very little while,

bHe who is coming will come, and will not delay.

38 aBut My righteous one shall live by faith;

And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

39 But 1we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the 2preserving of the soul.