Hebrews 10:26–39

²⁶If we deliberately keep on sinning^g after we have received the knowledge of the truth,^h no sacrifice for sins is left, ²⁷but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fireⁱ that will consume the enemies of God. ²⁸Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^{j 29}How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God^k underfoot,^l who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant^m that sanctified them,ⁿ and who has insulted the Spirit^o of grace?^{p 30}For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^dq and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”^{er 31}It is a dreadful thing^s to fall into the hands^t of the living God.^u

³²Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,^v when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.^{w 33}Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;^x at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.^{y 34}You suffered along with those in prison^z and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.^{a 35}So do not throw away your confidence;^b it will be richly rewarded.

³⁶You need to persevere^c so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.^{d 37}For,

“In just a little while,

he who is coming^e will come

and will not delay.”^ff

³⁸And,

“But my righteous^g one will live by faith.^g

And I take no pleasure

in the one who shrinks back.”^hh

³⁹But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.