13. where he is now waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.
14. For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy.
15. And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,
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,”
17. then he says, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”
18. Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
19. Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
20. by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
21. and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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.
23. And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
24. And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,
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.
26. For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,
27. but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.