Hebrews Chapter 10 | KJV & Greek New Testament

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Σκιὰν γὰρ ἔχων ὁ νόμος τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, οὐκ αὐτὴν τὴν εἰκόνα τῶν πραγμάτων, κατ' ἐνιαυτὸν ταῖς αὐταῖς θυσίαις ἃς προσφέρουσιν εἰς τὸ διηνεκές, οὐδέποτε δύνανται τοὺς προσερχομένους τελειῶσαι.

KJVFor the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming — not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

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Ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐπαύσαντο προσφερόμεναι, διὰ τὸ μηδεμίαν ἔχειν ἔτι συνείδησιν ἁμαρτιῶν τοὺς λατρεύοντας, ἅπαξ κεκαθαρμένους;

KJVFor then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.

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Ἀλλ' ἐν αὐταῖς ἀνάμνησις ἁμαρτιῶν κατ' ἐνιαυτόν·

KJVBut in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.

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ἀδύνατον γὰρ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων ἀφαιρεῖν ἁμαρτίας.

KJVFor it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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Διὸ εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὸν κόσμον λέγει, Θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας, σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι·

KJVWherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;

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ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ εὐδόκησας·

KJVIn burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased.

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τότε εἶπον, Ἰδού, ἥκω- ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ- τοῦ ποιῆσαι, ὁ Θεός, τὸ θέλημά σου.

KJVThen said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

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

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Ἀνώτερον λέγων ὅτι Θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ἠθέλησας, οὐδὲ εὐδόκησας- αἵτινες κατὰ τὸν νόμον προσφέρονται-

KJVAbove when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

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.

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τότε εἴρηκεν, Ἰδού, ἥκω τοῦ ποιῆσαι, ὁ Θεός, τὸ θέλημά σου. Ἀναιρεῖ τὸ πρῶτον, ἵνα τὸ δεύτερον στήσῃ.

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

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

10

Ἐν ᾧ θελήματι ἡγιασμένοι ἐσμέν, οἱ διὰ τῆς προσφορᾶς τοῦ σώματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐφάπαξ.

KJVBy the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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

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Καὶ πᾶς μὲν ἱερεὺς ἕστηκεν καθ' ἡμέραν λειτουργῶν, καὶ τὰς αὐτὰς πολλάκις προσφέρων θυσίας, αἵτινες οὐδέποτε δύνανται περιελεῖν ἁμαρτίας·

KJVAnd every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

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.

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αὐτὸς δὲ μίαν ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν προσενέγκας θυσίαν εἰς τὸ διηνεκές, ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Θεοῦ,

KJVBut this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

13

τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκδεχόμενος ἕως τεθῶσιν οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτοῦ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.

KJVFrom henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.

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Μιᾷ γὰρ προσφορᾷ τετελείωκεν εἰς τὸ διηνεκὲς τοὺς ἁγιαζομένους.

KJVFor by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

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Μαρτυρεῖ δὲ ἡμῖν καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· μετὰ γὰρ τὸ προειρηκέναι,

KJVWhereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

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Αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη ἣν διαθήσομαι πρὸς αὐτοὺς μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας, λέγει Κύριος, διδοὺς νόμους μου ἐπὶ καρδίας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν διανοιῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγράψω αὐτούς·

KJVThis is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.

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καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἔτι.

KJVAnd their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

Then he adds: Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.

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Ὅπου δὲ ἄφεσις τούτων, οὐκέτι προσφορὰ περὶ ἁμαρτίας.

KJVNow where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

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Ἔχοντες οὖν, ἀδελφοί, παρρησίαν εἰς τὴν εἴσοδον τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ αἵματι Ἰησοῦ,

KJVHaving therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

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ἣν ἐνεκαίνισεν ἡμῖν ὁδὸν πρόσφατον καὶ ζῶσαν, διὰ τοῦ καταπετάσματος, τοῦτ' ἔστιν, τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ,

KJVBy a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,

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καὶ ἱερέα μέγαν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ,

KJVAnd having an high priest over the house of God;

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

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προσερχώμεθα μετὰ ἀληθινῆς καρδίας ἐν πληροφορίᾳ πίστεως, ἐρραντισμένοι τὰς καρδίας ἀπὸ συνειδήσεως πονηρᾶς, καὶ λελουμένοι τὸ σῶμα ὕδατι καθαρῷ·

KJVLet us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

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κατέχωμεν τὴν ὁμολογίαν τῆς ἐλπίδος ἀκλινῆ, πιστὸς γὰρ ὁ ἐπαγγειλάμενος·

KJVLet us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

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καὶ κατανοῶμεν ἀλλήλους εἰς παροξυσμὸν ἀγάπης καὶ καλῶν ἔργων,

KJVAnd let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,

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μὴ ἐγκαταλείποντες τὴν ἐπισυναγωγὴν ἑαυτῶν, καθὼς ἔθος τισίν, ἀλλὰ παρακαλοῦντες, καὶ τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον, ὅσῳ βλέπετε ἐγγίζουσαν τὴν ἡμέραν.

KJVNot forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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Ἑκουσίως γὰρ ἁμαρτανόντων ἡμῶν μετὰ τὸ λαβεῖν τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τῆς ἀληθείας, οὐκέτι περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἀπολείπεται θυσία,

KJVFor if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,

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φοβερὰ δέ τις ἐκδοχὴ κρίσεως, καὶ πυρὸς ζῆλος ἐσθίειν μέλλοντος τοὺς ὑπεναντίους.

KJVBut a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

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Ἀθετήσας τις νόμον Μωϋσέως χωρὶς οἰκτιρμῶν ἐπὶ δυσὶν ἢ τρισὶν μάρτυσιν ἀποθνῄσκει·

KJVHe that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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πόσῳ, δοκεῖτε, χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας ὁ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταπατήσας, καὶ τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης κοινὸν ἡγησάμενος ἐν ᾧ ἡγιάσθη, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς χάριτος ἐνυβρίσας;

KJVOf how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

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?

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Οἴδαμεν γὰρ τὸν εἰπόντα, Ἐμοὶ ἐκδίκησις, ἐγὼ ἀνταποδώσω, λέγει Κύριος· καὶ πάλιν, Κύριος κρινεῖ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ.

KJVFor we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

For we know him who said, It is mine to avenge; I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge his people.

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Φοβερὸν τὸ ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς χεῖρας Θεοῦ ζῶντος.

KJVIt is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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Ἀναμιμνῄσκεσθε δὲ τὰς πρότερον ἡμέρας, ἐν αἷς φωτισθέντες πολλὴν ἄθλησιν ὑπεμείνατε παθημάτων·

KJVBut call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.

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τοῦτο μέν, ὀνειδισμοῖς τε καὶ θλίψεσιν θεατριζόμενοι· τοῦτο δέ, κοινωνοὶ τῶν οὕτως ἀναστρεφομένων γενηθέντες.

KJVPartly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.

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Καὶ γὰρ τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου συνεπαθήσατε, καὶ τὴν ἁρπαγὴν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ὑμῶν μετὰ χαρᾶς προσεδέξασθε, γινώσκοντες ἔχειν ἑαυτοῖς κρείττονα ὕπαρξιν ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ μένουσαν.

KJVFor ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

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.

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Μὴ ἀποβάλητε οὖν τὴν παρρησίαν ὑμῶν, ἥτις ἔχει μισθαποδοσίαν μεγάλην.

KJVCast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

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Ὑπομονῆς γὰρ ἔχετε χρείαν, ἵνα τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ ποιήσαντες κομίσησθε τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν.

KJVFor ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

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Ἔτι γὰρ μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον, Ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἥξει, καὶ οὐ χρονιεῖ.

KJVFor yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

For, In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.

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Ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται· καὶ ἐὰν ὑποστείληται, οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῷ.

KJVNow the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

And, But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.

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Ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑποστολῆς εἰς ἀπώλειαν, ἀλλὰ πίστεως εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς.

KJVBut we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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