10:1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.
10:1 Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who approach.

10:2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered? If the worshipers had once been cleansed, they would no longer have any consciousness of sin.
10:2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased being offered, since the worshipers, cleansed once for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sin?

10:3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sin year after year.
10:3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sin year after year.

10:4 For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
10:4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

10:5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired, but a body hast thou prepared for me;
10:5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me;

10:6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no pleasure.
10:6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.

10:7 Then I said, `Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God,' as it is written of me in the roll of the book."
10:7 Then I said, 'See, God, I have come to do your will, O God' (in the scroll of the book it is written of me)."

10:8 When he said above, "Thou hast neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),
10:8 When he said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),

10:9 then he added, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.
10:9 then he added, "See, I have come to do your will." He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.

10:10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
10:10 And it is by God's will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

10:11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
10:11 And every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins.

10:12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
10:12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, "he sat down at the right hand of God,"

10:13 then to wait until his enemies should be made a stool for his feet.
10:13 and since then has been waiting "until his enemies would be made a footstool for his feet."

10:14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
10:14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

10:15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
10:15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,"

10:17 then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their misdeeds no more."
10:17 he also adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."

10:18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
10:18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

10:19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
10:19 Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

10:20 by the new and living way which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
10:20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),

10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
10:22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;
10:23 Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.

10:24 and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
10:24 And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds,

10:25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
10:25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

10:26 For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
10:26 For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

10:27 but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries.
10:27 but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

10:28 A man who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses.
10:28 Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy "on the testimony of two or three witnesses."

10:29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by the man who has spurned the Son of God, and profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace?
10:29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace?

10:30 For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people."
10:30 For we know the one who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people."

10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

10:32 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,
10:32 But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

10:33 sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
10:33 sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

10:34 For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
10:34 For you had compassion for those who were in prison, and you cheerfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves possessed something better and more lasting.

10:35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
10:35 Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward.

10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.
10:36 For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

10:37 "For yet a little while, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry;
10:37 For yet "in a very little while, the one who is coming will come and will not delay;

10:38 but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
10:38 but my righteous one will live by faith. My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back."

10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.
10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost, but among those who have faith and so are saved.