“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,”
For if we go on sinning deliberately (hekousios, voluntarily) after receiving knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sin — Warning 4, the most severe in Hebrews: deliberate, persistent sin following full knowledge of Christ's atonement exhausts divine patience. There remains no sacrifice indicates that Christ's once-for-all offering cannot be repeatedly accessed by those who willfully reject it.
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