Hebrews 10:9

9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second.

Hebrews 10:9 in Other Translations

9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

9 then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.

9 Then he said, “Look, I have come to do your will.” He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second into effect.

9 When he added, "I'm here to do it your way," he set aside the first in order to enact the new plan -

9 then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

9 Then Christ says, "I have come to do what you want." He did away with sacrifices in order to establish the obedience that God wants.

9 He then says, See, I have come to do Your will. He takes away the first to establish the second.

9 Then he said, "Here I am. I have come to do what you want." He did away with the first. He did it to put the second in place.

Hebrews 10:9 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 10:9

Then said he, [lo], I come to do thy will, O God
(See Gill on Hebrews 10:7)

he taketh away the first, that he may establish the second;
the sense is, either that God has taken away, and abolished the law, that he might establish the Gospel; or he has caused the first covenant to vanish away, that place might be found for the second, or new covenant; or he has changed and abrogated the priesthood of Aaron, that he might confirm the unchangeable priesthood of Christ; or rather he has taken away that which was first spoken of in the above citation, namely, sacrifice, offering, burnt offerings, and sin offerings; these he has removed and rejected as insignificant and useless, that he might establish what is mentioned in the second place; namely, the will of God, which is no other than the sacrifice of Christ, offered up according to the will of God, and by which his will is done.

Hebrews 10:9 In-Context

7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’ ”

8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law.

9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second.

10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Cross References

• 1. ver 7