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NASB | Hebrews 10:26 ¶ For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:26 ¶ For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate], |
Subject: What does this verse mean? |
Bible Note: I would agree with wdc. IMO, this clearly is referring to believers. I have a question also: Does this *sacrifice* refer to the OT sacrifice? I see it as such, and so this passage would be referring back to earlier in the chapter in which the OT sacrifice system and its drawbacks is described. If we as believers consider that we should go back to following the OT sacrifice system (This letter was clearly written to Jewish believers. If we ignore that fact, I don't think there is any way to get an accurate understanding of this text.) then we don't have any sacrifice effective for us. This is notto say that we are now in our sins again, since Christ paid for them once-for-all, but there are consequences for such an action. Temporal sonsequences, IMO, but significant ones. I'd be curious what others think re. the use of *sacrifice* here. |