30 For we know Him who said, a“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,”1 says the Lord. And again, b“The Lord will judge His people.”
31aIt is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But arecall the former days in which, after you were1 illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:
33 partly while you were made aa spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while byou became companions of those who were so treated;
34 for you had compassion on1 me ain my chains, and bjoyfully accepted the plundering of your2 goods, knowing that cyou have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves3 in heaven.
35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, awhich has great reward.
36aFor you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, byou may receive the promise:
37 “For ayet a little while, AndbHe who is coming will come and will not2 tarry.
38 Now athe just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those awho draw back to perdition, but of those who bbelieve to the saving of the soul.
Hebrews 10:32 Call to remembrance the former days. Some former day of persecution, after they were illuminated, "were enlightened" (Revised Version) by the gospel. Possibly the great persecution at the death of Stephen (Acts 8:1) is referred to, or that of Acts 12:1-3.
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