Hebrews 10:26-39 - A Serious Warning Against Continuing Deliberate Sin

26 For if we go willfully sinning after we have received full knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice left to be offered for our sins, 27 but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and that fiery indignation which is going to devour God's enemies. 28 Anyone who breaks the law of Moses pays the death penalty without any show of pity, on the evidence of two or three witnesses only. 29 How much severer punishment do you suppose that one deserves who tramples the Son of God underfoot, and counts as a common thing the blood of the covenant by which he was consecrated, and has insulted the Spirit that grants God's unmerited favor? 30 For we know who it was that said, "Vengeance belongs to me, I will pay back!" and again, "The Lord will be His people's judge." 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ever living God!

32 But you must continue to remember those earlier days when first you received the light and then endured so great a struggle with persecution, 33 partly by being exposed as a public spectacle to insults and violent sufferings, and partly by showing yourselves ready to share with those who were living in this condition. 34 For you showed sympathy with those who were in prison and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, for you knew that you had in yourselves and in heaven one that was lasting. 35 So you must never give up your confident courage, for it holds a rich reward for you. 36 Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:

37 "In just a very little while, the Coming One will come and not delay; 38 Meantime, my righteous servant will live by faith. But if a man draws back, my soul has no delight in him."

39 But we are not of a disposition to draw back so as to perish, but we have faith that leads to the saving of the soul.