Hebrews 10:16-21

10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put ¹  my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” ²  10:17 then he says, ³  “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.” ⁴  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, ⁵  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 ⁶  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ⁷  10:21 and since we have a great priest ⁸  over the house of God,

[10:16]  ¹ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

[10:16]  ² sn A quotation from Jer 31:33.

[10:17]  ³ tn Grk “and.”

[10:17]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Jer 31:34.

[10:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[10:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

[10:20]  ⁸ sn 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 instrumental phrase (he did this through [by means of] his flesh in his sacrifice of himself), associating the two in an allusion to the splitting of the curtain in the temple from top to bottom (Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Just as the curtain was split, so Christ’s body was broken for us, to give us access into God’s presence.

[10:21]  ⁹ tn Grk “and a great priest,” continuing the construction begun in v. 19.