| NET Bible | New International Version |
| 1For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship. | 1The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming--not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. |
| 2For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have no further consciousness of sin? | 2Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. |
| 3But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year. | 3But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. |
| 4For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins. | 4It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. |
| 5So when he came into the world, he said, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me. | 5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; |
| 6"Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in. | 6with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. |
| 7"Then I said, 'Here I am: I have come--it is written of me in the scroll of the book--to do your will, O God.'" | 7Then I said, 'Here I am--it is written about me in the scroll-- I have come to do your will, my God.'" |
| 8When he says above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them" (which are offered according to the law), | 8First he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them"--though they were offered in accordance with the law. |
| 9then he says, "Here I am: I have come to do your will." He does away with the first to establish the second. | 9Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. |
| 10By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. | 10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. |
| 11And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again--sacrifices that can never take away sins. | 11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. |
| 12But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God, | 12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, |
| 13where he is now waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet. | 13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. |
| 14For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy. | 14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. |
| 15And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying, | 15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: |
| 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," | 16"This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds." |
| 17then he says, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer." | 17Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." |
| 18Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. | 18And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary. |
| 19Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, | 19Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, |
| 20by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, | 20by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, |
| 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, | 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, |
| 22let 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. | 22let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. |
| 23And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy. | 23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. |
| 24And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, | 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, |
| 25not 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. | 25not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. |
| 26For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, | 26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, |
| 27but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies. | 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. |
| 28Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. | 28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. |
| 29How 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? | 29How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? |
| 30For we know the one who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people." | 30For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people." |
| 31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God. | 31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. |
| 32But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened. | 32Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. |
| 33At 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. | 33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. |
| 34For 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. | 34You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. |
| 35So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward. | 35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. |
| 36For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised. | 36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. |
| 37For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. | 37For, "In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay." |
| 38But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him. | 38And, "But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back." |
| 39But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. | 39But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved. |
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