Etheridge(i)
19 We have, therefore, my brethren, confidence [Openness of faces.] to enter [In the entrance of.] the holy place through the blood of Jeshu; and a way of life
20 which he hath now made new to us through the veil, which is his flesh;
21 and we have the High Priest over the house of God.
22 Let us, therefore, draw near with a confirmed heart, and the full security of faith, with our hearts sprinkled and cleansed from an evil conscience, and our body washed with pure waters;
23 and let us persevere in the confession of our hope, and not swerve; for faithful is He who hath promised us.
24 And let us consider one another [One in the other.] with incitement to charity and good works.
25 And let us not forsake our congregation, as is the custom with some; but pray one with another; (and) so much the more as ye see that day to be approaching.
26 FOR if with his will any man shall sin after he hath received the knowledge of the truth, there is not still a victim to be offered for sins;
27 but a fearful judgment to come, and burning fire which devoureth the adversaries.
28 For if he who transgressed the law of Musha, upon the mouth of two or three witnesses, without mercy died;
29 how much greater punishment, think ye, shall he receive who hath trampled upon the Son of Aloha, and hath counted the blood of the covenant of him by which he had been sanctified as that of every man and hath insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 We know him who hath said, Retribution is mine, and I will repay: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.
31 How terrible [Or, that fear (how) great of falling, &c.] to fall into the hands of Aloha the Living!
32 Be mindful, therefore, of the first days, those in which ye received baptism; and when ye sustained a great agony of sufferings, with ignominy and affliction;
33 and when ye were made gazing-stocks, and were associated with men who also endured these (things).
34 And it afflicted you on account of them who were bound; and the pillage of your goods with joy ye sustained, as knowing that ye have a possession in heaven, which is better, and passeth not away.
35 Destroy not, therefore, the confidence which you have, for which there is a great reward.
36 But patience is needed by you, that ye may do the will of Aloha, and receive the promise.
37 Because (yet) a little time, and a very little, and He who cometh shall come, and not be slow.
38 But the just by the faith of me shall live; but if he become weary,[Or, be cut off. ejq, abscidit, defecit, viribus defectus fuit. Ethpa. Excissus fuit; taedio affectus fuit. - SCHAFF.] my soul delighteth not in him.
39 BUT we are not of the weariness [Or, the excision.] which bringeth [Or, leadeth.] to perdition, but of the faith which maketh us to possess our soul.