Hebrews 10:19-25

1. The threefold admonition 10:19-25

The writer began with a three-fold admonition, which is all one sentence in the Greek text. The long sentence intensifies the writer’s appeal. [Note: Ellingworth, p. 516.]

"In view of all that has been accomplished for us by Christ, he says, let us confidently approach God in worship, let us maintain our Christian confession and hope, let us help one another by meeting together regularly for mutual encouragement, because the day which we await will soon be here." [Note: Bruce, The Epistle . . ., p. 244.]

"A loyal response to Christ is the logical correlate of the magnitude of Christ’s redemptive accomplishment [cf. Romans 12:1-2]." [Note: Lane, Hebrews 9-13, p. 281.]