19. So, brothers, we are completely free to enter the Most Holy Place. We can do this without fear because of the blood of Jesus’ death.
20. We can enter through a new way that Jesus opened for us. It is a living way. It leads through the curtain—Christ’s body.
21. And we have a great priest over God’s house.
22. So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith. We have been cleansed and made free from feelings of guilt. And our bodies have been washed with pure water.
23. Let us hold firmly to the hope that we have confessed. We can trust God to do what he promised.
24. Let us think about each other and help each other to show love and do good deeds.
25. You should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing. But you should meet together and encourage each other. Do this even more as you see the Day coming.
26. If we decide to go on sinning after we have learned the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins.
27. There is nothing but fear in waiting for the judgment and the angry fire that will destroy all those who live against God.
28. Any person who refused to obey the law of Moses was found guilty from the proof given by two or three witnesses. He was put to death without mercy.
29. So what do you think should be done to a person who does not respect the Son of God? He looks at the blood of the agreement, the blood that made him holy, as no different from other men’s blood. He insults the Spirit of God’s grace. Surely he should have a much worse punishment.
30. We know that God said, “I will punish those who do wrong. I will repay them.” And he also said, “The Lord will judge his people.”
31. It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32. Remember those days in the past when you first learned the truth. You had a hard struggle with many sufferings, but you continued strong.