Hebrews 10:4,23
Hebrews 10:4 New International Version (NIV)
It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 10:23 New International Version (NIV)
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:1-10 The Message (MSG)
The old plan was only a hint of the good things in the new plan. Since that old “law plan” wasn’t complete in itself, it couldn’t complete those who followed it. No matter how many sacrifices were offered year after year, they never added up to a complete solution. If they had, the worshipers would have gone blissfully on their way, no longer dragged down by their sins. But instead of removing awareness of sin, when those animal sacrifices were repeated over and over they actually heightened awareness and guilt. The plain fact is that bull and goat blood can’t get rid of sin. That is what is meant by this prophecy, put in the mouth of Christ: You don’t want sacrifices and offerings year after year; you’ve prepared a body for me for a sacrifice. It’s not fragrance and smoke from the altar that whet your appetite. So I said, “I’m here to do it your way, O God, the way it’s described in your Book.” When he said, “You don’t want sacrifices and offerings,” he was referring to practices according to the old plan. When he added, “I’m here to do it your way,” he set aside the first in order to enact the new plan—God’s way—by which we are made fit for God by the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus.
Hebrews 10:22-25 The Message (MSG)
So let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:4 King James Version (KJV)
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Hebrews 10:23 King James Version (KJV)
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Hebrews 10:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 10:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful
Hebrews 10:4 New Century Version (NCV)
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 10:23 New Century Version (NCV)
Let us hold firmly to the hope that we have confessed, because we can trust God to do what he promised.
Hebrews 10:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
Hebrews 10:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised
Hebrews 10:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
Hebrews 10:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 10:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word]
Hebrews 10:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 10:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
Hebrews 10:4 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For what power does the blood of bulls and goats have to remove sin’s guilt?
Hebrews 10:23 The Passion Translation (TPT)
So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!
Hebrews 10:4 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.