Hebrews 10:26–39

The Just Live by Faith

²⁶For ^vif we sin willfully ^wafter we have received the knowledge of the truth, there ^xno longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and ^yfiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. ²⁸Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three ^zwitnesses. ^29aOf how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, ^bcounted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, ^cand insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰For we know Him who said, ^d“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” ⁷says the Lord. And again, ^e“The Lord will judge His people.” ^31fIt is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³²But ^grecall the former days in which, after you were ⁸illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: ³³partly while you were made ^ha spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while ⁱyou became companions of those who were so treated; ³⁴for you had compassion on ⁹me ^jin my chains, and ^kjoyfully accepted the plundering of your ¹goods, knowing that ^lyou have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves ²in heaven. ³⁵Therefore do not cast away your confidence, ^mwhich has great reward. ³⁶ⁿFor you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, ^oyou may receive the promise:

³⁷“For ^pyet a little while,

And ^qHe ³who is coming will come and will not ⁴tarry.

³⁸Now ^rthe ⁵just shall live by faith;

But if anyone draws back,

My soul has no pleasure in him.”

³⁹But we are not of those ^swho draw back to ⁶perdition, but of those who ^tbelieve to the saving of the soul.