010:009 then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will."
He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
010:010 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
010:011 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering
the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
010:012 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever,
sat down on the right hand of God;
010:013 from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool
of his feet.
010:014 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who
are being sanctified.
010:015 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
010:016 "This is the covenant that I will make with them:
'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on
their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'"{Jeremiah
31:33} then he says,
010:017 "I will remember their sins and their iniquities
no more."{Jeremiah 31:34}
010:018 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
010:019 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy
place by the blood of Jesus,
010:020 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way,
through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
010:021 and having a great priest over the house of God,
010:022 let's draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
and having our body washed with pure water,
010:023 let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering;
for he who promised is faithful.
010:024 Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
010:025 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom
of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more,
as you see the Day approaching.
010:026 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge
of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
010:027 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness
of fire which will devour the adversaries.
010:028 A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on
the word of two or three witnesses.
010:029 How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged
worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has
counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified
an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
010:030 For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me,"
says the Lord, "I will repay."{Deuteronomy 32:35} Again, "The Lord
will judge his people."{Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14}
010:031 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
010:032 But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened,
you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
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