Hebrews 10:2

Hebrews 10:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
• New International Version (NIV)Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

Context of Hebrews 10:2

1Moses’ Teachings with their yearly cycle of sacrifices are only a shadow of the good things in the future. They aren’t an exact likeness of those things. They can never make those who worship perfect. If these sacrifices could have made the worshipers perfect, the sacrifices would have stopped long ago. Those who worship would have been cleansed once and for all. Their consciences would have been free from sin. 3Instead, this yearly cycle of sacrifices reminded people of their sins. 4(The blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.)

Hebrews 10:2 word by word

ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐπαύσαντο προσφερόμεναι διὰ τὸ μηδεμίαν ἔχειν ἔτι συνείδησιν ἁμαρτιῶν τοὺς λατρεύοντας ἅπαξ κεκαθαρισμένους.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thenἐπείepei · sinceG1893
• would theyπαύωpauō · to ceaseG3973
• notοὐou · noG3756
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• to be offeredπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• that the worshippersλατρεύωlatreuō · to ministerG3000
• onceἅπαξhapax · onceG530
• purgedκαθαίρωkathairō · to pruneG2508
• should have hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• moreἔτιeti · stillG2089
• conscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsis · conscienceG4893
• of sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:2

• Hebrews 10:17Then he adds, “I will no longer hold their sins and their disobedience against them.”
• Hebrews 9:13The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of cows sprinkled on unclean people made their bodies holy and clean.
• Psalms 103:12As far as the east is from the west— that is how far he has removed our rebellious acts from himself.
• Isaiah 43:25I alone am the one who is going to wipe away your rebellious actions for my own sake. I will not remember your sins ⌞anymore⌟.
• Isaiah 44:22I made your rebellious acts disappear like a thick cloud and your sins like the morning mist. Come back to me, because I have reclaimed you.
• Micah 7:19You will again have compassion on us. You will overcome our wrongdoing. You will throw all our sins into the deep sea.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Would they not have ceased to be offered? - Had they made an effectual reconciliation for the sins of the world, and contained in their once offering a plenitude of permanent merit, they would have ceased to be offered, at least in reference to any individual who had once offered them; because, in such a case, his conscience would be satisfied that its guilt had been taken away. But no Jew pretended to believe that even the annual atonement cancelled his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? - Margin, “Or they would have.” The sense is the same. The idea is, that the very fact that they were repeated showed that there was some deficiency in them as to the matter of cleansing the soul from sin. If they had answered all the purposes of a sacrifice in putting away guilt, there would have been no need of repeating them in this manner. They were in this respect like medicine. If what is given to a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The ongoing sacrifices show they were not enough. If the old covenant sacrifices had provided lasting purity, they would have ended. Their guilt would have disappeared: See Hebrews 9:9, 14; 10:22; 13:18.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For--if the law could, by its sacrifices, have perfected the worshippers. they--the sacrifices. once purged--IF they were once for all cleansed (He 7:27). conscience--"consciousness of sin" (He 9:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:2

• Atonement
• Law
• Offerings
• Purity
• Sin
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Approach
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• Assurance
• Consider
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• Fearful
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• Judge
• Provoke
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Commentaries on Hebrews 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings