Hebrews 10:24-39 - Encourage Each Other

24 And let us continue to consider how to motivate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another even more as you see the day of the Lord coming nearer.

26 For if we choose to go on sinning after we have learned the full truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who violates the Law of Moses dies without mercy "on the testimony of two or three witnesses." 29 How much more severe a punishment do you think that person deserves who tramples on God's Son, treats as common the blood of the covenant by which it was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the one who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back," and again, "The Lord will judge his people." 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

32 But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle. 33 At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way. 34 For you sympathized with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession. 35 So don't lose your confidence, since it holds a great reward for you. 36 For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.

37 For "in a very little while the one who is coming will return he will not delay; 38 but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."

39 Now, we do not belong to those who turn back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.


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