The Just Live by Faith

²⁶ For ^(A)if we sin willfully ^(B)after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there ^(C)no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and ^(D)fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. ²⁸ Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three ^(E)witnesses. ^29 (F)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, ^(G)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, ^(H)and insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, ^(I)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” ^[a]says the Lord. And again, ^(J)“The Lord will judge His people.” ^31 (K)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³² But ^(L)recall the former days in which, after you were ^[b]illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: ³³ partly while you were made ^(M)a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while ^(N)you became companions of those who were so treated; ³⁴ for you had compassion on ^[c]me ^(O)in my chains, and ^(P)joyfully accepted the plundering of your ^[d]goods, knowing that ^(Q)you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves ^[e]in heaven. ³⁵ Therefore do not cast away your confidence, ^(R)which has great reward. ^36 (S)For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, ^(T)you may receive the promise:

³⁹ But we are not of those ^(X)who draw back to ^[i]perdition, but of those who ^(Y)believe to the saving of the soul.