12. Christ, however, offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective for ever, and then he sat down at the right-hand side of God.
13. There he now waits until God puts his enemies as a footstool under his feet.
14. With one sacrifice, then, he has made perfect for ever those who are purified from sin.
15. And the Holy Spirit also gives us his witness. First he says:
16. “This is the covenant that I will make with themin the days to come, says the Lord:I will put my laws in their heartsand write them on their minds.”
17. And then he says, “I will not remember their sins and evil deeds any longer.”
18. So when these have been forgiven, an offering to take away sins is no longer needed.
19. We have, then, my brothers and sisters, complete freedom to go into the Most Holy Place by means of the death of Jesus.
20. He opened for us a new way, a living way, through the curtain — that is, through his own body.
21. We have a great priest in charge of the house of God.
22. So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water.
23. Let us hold on firmly to the hope we profess, because we can trust God to keep his promise.
24. Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good.
25. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.
26. For there is no longer any sacrifice that will take away sins if we purposely go on sinning after the truth has been made known to us.
27. Instead, all that is left is to wait in fear for the coming Judgement and the fierce fire which will destroy those who oppose God!
28. Anyone who disobeys the Law of Moses is put to death without any mercy when judged guilty on the evidence of two or more witnesses.