ACV(i)
25 Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.
26 For when we sin willfully after taking the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and of fire, a fervor that is going to devour the opposition.
28 Any man who has disregarded the law of Moses dies without mercies from two or three witnesses.
29 By how much worse punishment do ye think he will deserve who has trampled the Son of God, and who considered profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who treated the Spirit of grace contemptuously?
30 For we know him who said, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But remember the former days, in which, after being enlightened, ye endured a great contest of sufferings,
33 partly made a spectacle, both by reviling and afflictions, and partly having become companions of those so treated.
34 For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.
35 Therefore do not throw off your boldness, which has great recompense of reward.
36 For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
37 For yet a very little while, he who is coming will come, and will not delay.