Hebrews 10–12

For the law having ^aa shadow ^bof good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never ^cwith those sacrifices which they offered year by year ^dcontinually ^cmake the comers thereunto ^eperfect. ²For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. ³But ^fin those sacrifices there is ^ga remembrance again made of sins ^hevery year. ⁴For ⁱit is not possible that ^kthe blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. ⁵Wherefore ^lwhen he cometh into the world, he saith, ^mSacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but ⁿa body hast thou prepared me: ⁶in ^oburnt offerings and ^psacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. ⁷Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. ⁸Above when he said, ^qSacrifice and offering and ^oburnt offerings and ^poffering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein: which are offered by the law; ⁹then said he, ^rLo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. ¹⁰By the which will ^swe are sanctified through the offering of ⁿthe body of Jesus Christ ^tonce for all. ¹¹And every priest standeth ^udaily ^wministering and offering oftentimes ^xthe same sacrifices, ⁱwhich can never take away sins: ¹²but this man, ^yafter he had offered one sacrifice for sins ^dfor ever, ^zsat down on the right hand of God; ^13afrom henceforth expecting ^btill his enemies be made his footstool. ¹⁴For by one offering ^che hath perfected ^cfor ever ^dthem that are sanctified. ¹⁵Whereof ^ethe Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, ^16fThis is the covenant that I will ^gmake with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; ^17gand their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. ¹⁸Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

^19hHaving therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into ⁱthe holiest by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by a new and living ^kway, which he hath consecrated for us, through ^lthe vail, that is to say, his flesh; ²¹and having ^ma high priest over ⁿthe house of God; ^22olet us draw near with a true heart in ^pfull assurance of faith, ^qhaving our hearts ^rsprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies ^swashed ^rwith pure water. ^23tLet us hold fast the ^uprofession of our ^vhope without wavering; (for ^whe is faithful that promised;) ²⁴and let us consider one another ^xto provoke unto love and to good works: ^25ynot forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, ^zas the manner of some is; but ^xexhorting one another: and ^aso much the more, as ye see ^bthe day approaching.

²⁶For ^cif we sin ^dwilfully ^eafter that we have received ^fthe knowledge of the truth, ^gthere remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, ²⁷but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and ^hfiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. ²⁸ⁱHe that ^jdespised Moses’ law ^kdied without mercy under two or three witnesses: ^29lof how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, ^mwho hath trodden under foot ⁿthe Son of God, and ^ohath counted ^pthe blood of the ^qcovenant, wherewith he was ^rsanctified, an ^sunholy thing, ^tand hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? ³⁰For we know him that hath said, ^uVengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, ^vThe Lord shall judge his people. ³¹It is ^wa fearful thing to fall into the hands of ^xthe living God. ³²But ^ycall to remembrance the former days, in which, ^zafter ye were illuminated, ^aye endured a great ^bfight of afflictions; ³³partly, whilst ^cye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ^aye became ^dcompanions of them that were so used. ³⁴For ye ^ddhad compassion of me ^ein my bonds, and ^ftook joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have ^gin heaven ^ha better and an enduring substance. ³⁵Cast not away therefore your ⁱconfidence, ^kwhich hath great ^lrecompence of reward. ³⁶For ^mye have need of patience, that, after ye have done ⁿthe will of God, ^oye might ^preceive ^othe promise. ³⁷For ^qyet a little while, and ^rhe that shall come will come, and will not tarry. ³⁸Now ^sthe just shall live by faith: but if any man ^tdraw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. ³⁹But we are not of ^uthem who ^tdraw back unto perdition; but of them that ^wbelieve ^xto the saving of the soul.

XI.Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, ^athe evidence of ^bthings not seen. ²For ^cby it ^dthe elders ^eobtained a good report. ³Through faith we understand that ^fthe worlds were ^gframed by ^hthe word of God, so that things which are seen ⁱwere not made of things which do appear. ⁴By faith ^jAbel offered unto God a more excellent ^ksacrifice than Cain, by which he ^eobtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his ^kgifts: and by it he ^lbeing dead yet ^mspeaketh. ⁵By faith ⁿEnoch was translated that he should not ^osee death; ^pand was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he ^ehad this testimony, ^nqthat he pleased God. ⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for ^rhe that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is ^sa rewarder of them that ^tdiligently seek him. ⁷By faith ^uNoah, ^vbeing warned of God of things not seen as yet, ^wmoved with fear, ^xprepared an ark ^yto the saving of his house; by the which ^zhe condemned the world, and became heir of ^athe righteousness which is by faith. ⁸By faith ^bAbraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. ⁹By faith he ^csojourned in the land ^dof promise, as in a strange country, ^edwelling in tabernacles ^fwith Isaac and Jacob, ^gthe heirs with him of the same promise: ¹⁰for he looked for ^ha city ⁱwhich hath foundations, ^kwhose builder and maker is God. ¹¹Through faith also ^lSara herself received strength to conceive seed, and ^mwas delivered of a child when she was past age, ⁿbecause she judged ^ohim faithful ^pwho had promised. ¹²Therefore sprang there even of one, and him ^qas good as dead, so many ^rsas the stars of the sky in multitude, and ^sas the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. ¹³These all died in faith, ^tnot having received the promises, but ^uhaving seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and ^vembraced them, and ^wconfessed that they were ^xstrangers and ^ypilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. ¹⁵And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. ¹⁶But now they desire ^za better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore ^zzGod is not ashamed ^ato be called their God: for he hath ^bprepared for them ^ca city. ¹⁷By faith ^dAbraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received ^ethe promises offered up ^fhis only begotten son, ¹⁸of whom it was said, ^ffThat in Isaac shall thy seed be called: ¹⁹accounting that God ^gwas able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a ^hfigure. ²⁰By faith ⁱIsaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. ²¹By faith ^kJacob, when he was a dying, ^kblessed both the sons of Joseph; and ^lworshipped, leaning upon the top of ^mhis staff. ²²By faith ⁿJoseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and ^ogave commandment concerning his bones. ²³By faith ^pMoses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a ^qproper child; and they were not afraid of ^rthe king’s commandment. ²⁴By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called ^sthe son of Pharaoh’s daughter; ^25tchoosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin ^ufor a season; ²⁶esteeming ^vthe reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto ^wthe recompence of the reward. ²⁷By faith ^xhe forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he ^yendured, ^zas seeing him who is ^ainvisible. ²⁸Through faith ^bhe ^ckept the passover, and ^dthe sprinkling of blood, lest ^ehe that destroyed ^fthe firstborn should touch them. ²⁹By faith ^gthey passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. ³⁰By faith ^hthe walls of ⁱJericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. ³¹By faith ^jthe harlot Rahab perished not with them that ^kbelieved not, ^lwhen she had received the spies ^mwith peace.

³²And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of ⁿGedeon, and of ^oBarak, and of ^pSamson, and of ^qJephthae; of ^rDavid also, and ^stSamuel, and of ^tthe prophets: ³³who through faith ^usubdued kingdoms, ^vwrought righteousness, ^wobtained promises, ^xstopped the mouths of lions, ^34yquenched the violence of fire, ^zescaped ^athe edge of the sword, ^bout of weakness ^cwere made strong, ^dwaxed valiant in fight, ^dturned to flight ^ethe armies of ^fthe aliens. ^35gWomen received their dead raised to life again: and others ^hwere tortured, ⁱnot accepting deliverance; ^kthat they might obtain ^la better resurrection: ³⁶and others had trial of cruel ^mmockings and ⁿscourgings, yea, moreover of ^obonds and imprisonment: ³⁷they were ^pstoned, they were ^qsawn asunder, were tempted, ^rwere slain with the sword: they wandered about ^sin sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ^ttormented; ^38u(of whom the world was not worthy:) ^vthey wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and ^win ^xdens and ^xxcaves of the earth. ³⁹And these all, ^yhaving obtained a good report through faith, ^zreceived not the promise: ⁴⁰God having provided some ^lbetter thing for us, ^athat they without us should not be ^bmade perfect.

XII.Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, ^alet us lay aside every weight, and ^bthe sin which doth so easily…