13. now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool.
14. For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated.
15. The holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying:
16. “This is the covenant I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord:‘I will put my laws in their hearts,and I will write them upon their minds,’”
17. he also says:“Their sins and their evildoingI will remember no more.”
18. Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin.
19. Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary
20. by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
21. and since we have “a great priest over the house of God,”
22. let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
23. Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy.
24. We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works.
25. We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.
26. If we sin deliberately after receiving knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains sacrifice for sins
27. but a fearful prospect of judgment and a flaming fire that is going to consume the adversaries.
28. Anyone who rejects the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29. Do you not think that a much worse punishment is due the one who has contempt for the Son of God, considers unclean the covenant-blood by which he was consecrated, and insults the spirit of grace?
30. We know the one who said:“Vengeance is mine; I will repay,”and again:“The Lord will judge his people.”
31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.