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.
28. Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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?
30. For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
31. It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32. But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.
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.
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.