Hebrews 10:28-38

28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[b]
31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.
33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.
34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
37 For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”[c]
38 And, “But my righteous[d] one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”[e]

Cross References 25

  • 1. Deuteronomy 17:6,7; S Matthew 18:16; Hebrews 2:2
  • 2. S Matthew 4:3
  • 3. Hebrews 6:6
  • 4. S Matthew 26:28
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 6:11; Revelation 1:5
  • 6. Ephesians 4:30; Hebrews 6:4
  • 7. Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 12:25
  • 8. Deuteronomy 32:35; Romans 12:19
  • 9. Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalms 135:14
  • 10. S 2 Corinthians 5:11
  • 11. Isaiah 19:16
  • 12. S Matthew 16:16
  • 13. Hebrews 6:4
  • 14. Philippians 1:29,30
  • 15. 1 Corinthians 4:9
  • 16. Philippians 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:14
  • 17. Hebrews 13:3
  • 18. Hebrews 11:16; 1 Peter 1:4,5
  • 19. S Ephesians 3:12
  • 20. Luke 21:19; Romans 5:3; Hebrews 12:1; Jas 1:3,4,12; James 5:11; 2 Peter 1:6
  • 21. Hebrews 6:15; Hebrews 9:15
  • 22. Matthew 11:3
  • 23. Revelation 22:20
  • 24. Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11
  • 25. Habakkuk 2:3,4

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Deut. 32:35
  • [b]. Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14
  • [c]. Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
  • [d]. Some manuscripts "But the righteous"
  • [e]. Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)
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