Hebrews 10:28-30
10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death 1 without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 2
10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for 3 the Son of God, and profanes 4 the blood of the covenant that made him holy, 5 and insults the Spirit of grace?
10:30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” 6 and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 7
Hebrews 10:39
10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. 8
1 tn Grk “dies.”
2 sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.
3 tn Grk “tramples under foot.”
4 tn Grk “regarded as common.”
5 tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”
6 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.
7 sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.
8 tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”