# Hebrews 10 📖: Once for All, Hold Fast [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Hebrews Overview]] | [[Hebrews 09]] | [[Hebrews 11]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted **Principle**: Jesus not only covers sin, He washes them away. [[#Verse 01.]] For 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.  [[#Verse 02.]] For 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?  [[#Verse 03.]] But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year.  [[#Verse 04.]] For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.  [[#Verse 05.]] So when he came into the world, he said, “**_Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me_**. [[#Verse 06.]] “**_Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in_**. [[#Verse 07.]]“**_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_**.’” [[#Verse 08.]] When 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),  [[#Verse 09.]] then he says, “**_Here I am: I have come to do your will_**.”He does away with the first to establish the second. [[Psalm 40]] [[#Verse 10.]] By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  [[#Verse 11.]] And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again—sacrifices that can never take away sins.  [[#Verse 12.]] But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, _he sat down at the right hand_ of God,  [[#Verse 13.]] where he is now waiting _until_ _his enemies are made a footstool for his feet_.  [[#Verse 14.]] For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy.  [[#Verse 15.]] And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,  [[#Verse 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_**,”  [[#Verse 17.]] then he says, “**_Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer_**.” [[Jeremiah 31]] [[#Verse 18.]] Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. ### Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith **Principle**: We can trust God's promised salvation. [[#Verse 19.]] Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,  [[#Verse 20.]] by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,  [[#Verse 21.]] and since we have a great priest over the house of God, [[#Verse 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.  [[#Verse 23.]] [^1] And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.  [[#Verse 24.]] And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,  [[#Verse 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. ## Warning Against Deliberate Sin **Principle**: No more promises are coming. This is the Way. [[#Verse 26.]] For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, [[#Verse 27.]] but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and _a fury__of fire that will consume God’s enemies_.  [[#Verse 28.]] Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy _on the testimony of two or three witnesses_.  [[#Verse 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?  [[#Verse 30.]] For we know the one who said, “**_Vengeance is mine, I will repay_**,” and again, “**_The Lord will judge his people_**.” [[Deuteronomy 32]] [[#Verse 31.]] It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God. [[#Verse 32.]] But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.  [[#Verse 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.  [[#Verse 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.  [[#Verse 35.]] So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.  [[#Verse 36.]] For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.  [[#Verse 37.]] For **_just a little longer_** and **_he who is coming will arrive and not delay_**.  [[#Verse 38.]] ***But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.*** [[Isaiah 26]] | [[Habakkuk 02]]  [[#Verse 39.]] But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ###### Verse 38. ###### Verse 39. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Hebrews 10:5-7 quotes Psalm 40:6-8 from the Greek translation, which reads "a body you prepared for me." 2. Priests stood day after day to minister (10:11). The tabernacle had no chair for them to sit. 3. Hebrews 10:16-17 quotes Jeremiah 31:33-34 again, repeating the new covenant promise. 4. The word for "new" in "new and living way" (10:20) originally meant "freshly slain" and came to mean "recent." 5. The temple curtain was torn from top to bottom when Jesus died (Mark 15:38). 6. "Spur on" (10:24) comes from a word for provoking or stirring up, also used for the sharp disagreement in Acts 15:39. 7. The readers had joyfully accepted the seizure of their property (10:34). Some scholars connect this to the expulsion of Jews from Rome under Claudius (Acts 18:2). 8. Hebrews 10:37-38 quotes Habakkuk 2:3-4, which Paul also cites in Romans 1:17 and Galatians 3:11. 9. "Vengeance is Mine" (10:30) comes from Deuteronomy 32:35. 10. The rule of two or three witnesses (10:28) comes from Deuteronomy 17:6. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the One who offered one sacrifice for sins for all time and then sat down at God's right hand (10:12). By His blood He opened a new and living way through the curtain (10:19-20), for He is the way to the Father (John 14:6). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. Animal sacrifices were repeated year after year, but Christ's sacrifice was once for all (10:1-14). Why does the finality of the cross matter? 2. We are called to draw near, hold fast, and spur one another on (10:22-24). Which of these do you need most right now? 3. We are told not to abandon our own meetings (10:25). Why is gathering with the church so important? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 10: We have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. - 📖 verses 19-22: We have confidence to enter the holy place by Jesus' blood, so let us draw near with a sincere heart. - 📖 verses 23-25: Hold unwaveringly to our hope, spur one another on to love and good works, and keep meeting together. - 📖 verses 35-36: Do not throw away your confidence, for you need endurance. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[Psalm 40#Verse 06.|Psalm 40:6-8]] - I have come to do Your will. - 🔗 [[Mark 15#Verse 38.|Mark 15:38]] - The temple curtain is torn in two. - 🔗 [[Jeremiah 31#Verse 33.|Jeremiah 31:33-34]] - I will remember their sins no more. - 🔗 [[Habakkuk 02#Verse 03.|Habakkuk 2:3-4]] - The righteous will live by faith. - 🔗 [[Acts 02#Verse 42.|Acts 2:42]] - The early church devoted to gathering. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Hebrews 10 - SOAP|Hold On to God and Each Other]] ## 📂 Internal Notes [^1]: [[Series_BAssurance_1_1Peter1.1-12]]