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Text -- Hebrews 10:10-39 (NET)
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10:10 By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all .
10:11 And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again – sacrifices that can never take away sins .
10:12 But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time , he sat down at the right hand of God ,
10:13 where he is now waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet .
10:14 For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy .
10:15 And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us , for after saying ,
10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days , says the Lord . I will put my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds ,”
10:17 then he says, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer .”
10:18 Now where there is forgiveness of these , there is no longer any offering for sin .
Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith
10:19 Therefore , brothers and sisters , since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus ,
10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain , that is , through his flesh ,
10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God ,
10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water .
10:23 And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess , for the one who made the promise is trustworthy .
10:24 And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works ,
10:25 not abandoning our own meetings , as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near .
10:26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth , no further sacrifice for sins is left for us ,
10:27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies .
10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses .
10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God , and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy , and insults the Spirit of grace ?
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 terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God .
10:32 But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened .
10:33 At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions , and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way .
10:34 For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison , and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy , because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession .
10:35 So do not throw away your confidence , because it has great reward .
10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised .
10:37 For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay .
10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith , and if he shrinks back , I take no pleasure in him .
10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish , but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
High priest |
CHRIST, OFFICES OF |
ACCOMMODATION |
Offerings |
HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Types |
Jesus, The Christ |
INTERCESSION OF CHRIST |
Law |
Apostasy |
APOSTASY; APOSTATE |
Prayer |
Atonement |
God |
Faith |
JUSTICE |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
TABERNACLE |
Backsliders |
Reprobacy |
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NET Notes -> Heb 10:10; Heb 10:11; Heb 10:12; Heb 10:12; Heb 10:13; Heb 10:13; Heb 10:15; Heb 10:16; Heb 10:16; Heb 10:17; Heb 10:17; Heb 10:19; Heb 10:20; Heb 10:20; Heb 10:21; Heb 10:22; Heb 10:22; Heb 10:24; Heb 10:25; Heb 10:25; Heb 10:26; Heb 10:27; Heb 10:27; Heb 10:27; Heb 10:27; Heb 10:28; Heb 10:28; Heb 10:29; Heb 10:29; Heb 10:29; Heb 10:30; Heb 10:30; Heb 10:34; Heb 10:34; Heb 10:35; Heb 10:36; Heb 10:37; Heb 10:37; Heb 10:38; Heb 10:38; Heb 10:39
NET Notes: Heb 10:10 Grk “by which will.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
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NET Notes: Heb 10:20 Through his flesh. In a bold shift the writer changes from a spatial phrase (Christ opened the way through the curtain into the inner sanctuary) to an...
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NET Notes: Heb 10:22 The phrase our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience combines the OT imagery of the sprinkling with blood to give ritual purity with the emph...
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NET Notes: Heb 10:25 This paragraph (vv. 19-25) is actually a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments for English idiom....
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NET Notes: Heb 10:36 Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.
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