Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Compare on this and following verses, Hebrews 6:4, etc. There the warning was that if there be not diligence in progressing, a falling off will take place, and apostasy may ensue: here it is, that if there be lukewarmness in Christian communion, apostasy may ensue.
if we sin—Greek present participle: if we be found sinning, that is, not isolated acts, but a state of sin [ALFORD]. A violation not only of the law, but of the whole economy of the New Testament (Hebrews 10:28-29).
wilfully—presumptuously, Greek "willingly." After receiving "full knowledge (so the Greek, compare I Timothy 2:4) of the truth," by having been "enlightened," and by having "tasted" a certain measure even of grace of "the Holy Ghost" (the Spirit of truth, John 14:17; and "the Spirit of grace," Hebrews 10:29): to fall away (as "sin" here means, Hebrews 3:12, Hebrews 3:17; compare Hebrews 6:6) and apostatize (Hebrews 3:12) to Judaism or infidelity, is not a sin of ignorance, or error ("out of the way," the result) of infirmity, but a deliberate sinning against the Spirit (Hebrews 10:29; Hebrews 5:2): such sinning, where a consciousness of Gospel obligations not only was, but is present: a sinning presumptuously and preseveringly against Christ's redemption for us, and the Spirit of grace in us. "He only who stands high can fall low. A lively reference in the soul to what is good is necessary in order to be thoroughly wicked; hence, man can be more reprobate than the beasts, and the apostate angels than apostate man" [THOLUCK].
remaineth no more sacrifice—For there is but ONE Sacrifice that can atone for sin; they, after having fully known that sacrifice, deliberately reject it.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 10:26:
Job 36:18
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Ezekiel 18:23
Matthew 10:22
Matthew 12:32
1 Corinthians 3:17
Hebrews 6:4
Hebrews 6:8
Hebrews 10:22
Hebrews 10:29
Hebrews 10:32
James 2:19
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