Hebrews 10:26–39

Warning Against Willful Sin

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

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

^28aAnyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

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

³⁰For we know Him who said, “^aVengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “^bThe ¹Lord will judge His people.”

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

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

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

³⁴For you also ^ashowed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted with ^bjoy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves ^ca better and lasting possession.

³⁵Therefore, do not throw away that ^aconfidence of yours, which has a great ^breward.

³⁶For you have need of ^aendurance, so that when you have ^bdone the will of God, you may ^creceive the promise.

^37aFor yet in a very little while,

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

^38aBut My righteous one shall live by faith,

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

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