Hebrews 10:19–31

Hold Fast the Confession of Our Hope

¹⁹Therefore, brothers, since we^* have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by the new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh, ²¹and since we have^g a great priest over the house of God, ²²let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ²³Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for the one who promised is faithful. ²⁴And let us think about how to stir one another up to love^h and good works, ²⁵not abandoning our meeting togetherⁱ, as is the habit of some, but encouraging each other, and by so much more as you see the day drawing near.

A Serious Warning Against Continuing Deliberate Sin

²⁶For if^* we keep on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that is about to consume the adversaries. ²⁸Anyone who rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace? ³⁰For we know the one who said,

“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,”^j

and again,

“The Lord will judge his people.”^k

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