29. How much worse punishment do you think shall he deserve who has trampled the Son of Elohim underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was set apart as common, and insulted the Spirit of favour?
30. For we know Him who has said, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay, says יהוה.” And again, “יהוה shall judge His people.”
31. It is fearsome to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.
32. But remember the former days, when, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings.
33. On the one hand you were exposed to reproaches and pressures, and on the other hand you became sharers with those who were so treated,
34. for you sympathised with me in my chains, and you accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have a better and a lasting possession for yourselves in the heavens.
35. Do not, then, lose your boldness, which has great reward.
36. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the desire of Elohim, you receive the promise:
37. “For yet a little while – He who is coming shall come and shall not delay.”
38. “But the righteous shall live by belief, but if anyone draws back, my being has no pleasure in him.”
39. But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of belief to the preservation of life.