Hebrews 10:19–31

EXHORTATIONS TO GODLINESS

¹⁹Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus^h—²⁰he has inaugurated^C for us a new and living way through the curtain (that is, through his fleshⁱ)—²¹and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,^{j 22}let 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 in pure water.^{k 23}Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.^{l 24}And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, ²⁵not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other,^m and all the more as you see the day approaching.

WARNING AGAINST DELIBERATE SIN

²⁶For if we deliberately go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,^{n 27}but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries.^{o 28}Anyone who disregarded the law of Moses died without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^{p 29}How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane^D the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?^{q 30}For we know the one who has said,

Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay,^EF

and again,

The Lord will judge his people.^Gr

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