Hebrews 10:26–39

²⁶What if we keep sinning on purpose? What if we do it even after we know the truth? Then there is no offering for our sins. ²⁷All we can do is to wait in fear for God to judge. His blazing fire will burn up his enemies.

²⁸Anyone who did not obey the law of Moses died without mercy if there were two or three witnesses. ²⁹What should be done to anyone who has hated the Son of God or has said no to him? What should be done to a person who treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that makes him holy? What should be done to someone who has made fun of the Holy Spirit who brings God’s grace? Don’t you think people like that should be punished more than anyone else?

³⁰We know the One who said, “I am the One who judges people. I will pay them back.” Scripture also says, “The Lord will judge his people.”

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

³²Remember those earlier days after you received the light. At that time you stood firm in a great struggle. You did it even in the face of suffering.

³³Sometimes you were made fun of in front of others. You were treated badly. At other times you stood side by side with people who were being treated like that. ³⁴You suffered together with people in prison. When your property was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew that God had given you better and more lasting things.

³⁵So don’t throw away your bold faith. It will bring you rich rewards. ³⁶You need to be faithful. Then you will do what God wants. You will receive what he has promised. ³⁷In just a very little while,

“The one who is coming will come. He will not wait.

³⁸The one who is in the right will live by faith.

If he pulls back,

I will not be pleased with him.”

³⁹But we aren’t people who pull back and are destroyed. We are people who believe and are saved.