1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never make perfect those who come by the same sacrifices which they offer year by year continually. 2Otherwise, they would cease to offer them, because those that sacrifice, once purged, would have no more conscience of sin. 3But in these [sacrifices] each year [the same] remembrance of sins is made. 4For the blood of bulls and of goats cannot take away sins. 5Therefore when he came into the world, he said, Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire, but a body hast thou prepared me; 6in burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7Then said I, Behold, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. 8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou dost not desire, neither hadst pleasure [therein], which are offered by the law; 9then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will, O God. He took away the first, that he may establish the second. 10In this will, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus, the Christ, once [for all]. 11And so every priest stands daily ministering and offering many times the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, 12but this [man], after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, is seated at the right hand of God, 13waiting for that which follows, [that is], until his enemies are made his footstool. 14For by one offering he has perfected for ever those that are sanctified. 15Likewise the Holy Spirit gives us the same witness, who afterwards said, 16This is the testament that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will give my laws in their hearts, and in their souls will I write them; 17and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 18Now where remission of these [is, there is] no more offering for sin. 19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20by a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21and [having] that great priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts purified from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water; 23let us hold fast the profession of [our] hope without wavering (for he [is] faithful that promised). 24And let us consider one another to provoke unto charity and unto good works, 25not forsaking our gathering together, as the manner of some [is], but exhorting [one another] and so much the more, when ye see that day approaching. 26For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, 27but a certain fearful hope of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28He that despised the law of Moses died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29Of how much greater punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, 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 done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30For we know [who] he [is] that has said, Vengeance [belongs] to me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31[It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32But bring to memory the former days, in which, after ye received the light, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 33on the one hand ye were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and on the other ye became companions of those that were so used. 34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing that in yourselves ye have a better substance in the heavens, and that abides. 35Do not lose, therefore, this your confidence, which has great recompense of reward; 36for patience is necessary, so that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come and will not tarry. 38Now the just shall live by faith, but if [any man] draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39But we are not of those who draw back unto perdition, but faithful unto the saving of the soul.: