Hebrews 10 · Verse 14

Hebrews 10:14

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Hebrews 10:14, King James Version

Hebrews 10:14 in other translations

BSBbecause by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
WEBFor by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
ASVFor by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
YLTfor by one offering he hath perfected to the end those sanctified;
DARBYFor by one offering he has perfected in perpetuity the sanctified.
BBEBecause by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.
WebsterFor by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

What does Hebrews 10:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. For--The sacrifice being "for ever" in its efficacy (He 10:12) needs no renewal. them that are sanctified--rather as Greek, "them that are being sanctified." The sanctification (consecration to God) of the elect (1Pe 1:2) believers is perfect in Christ once for all (see on He 10:10). (Contrast the law, He 7:19; 9:9; 10:1). The development of that sanctification is progressive.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 14. For by one offering. By offering himself once on the cross. The Jewish priest offered his sacrifices often, and still they did not avail to put away sin; the Saviour made one sacrifice, and it was sufficient for the sins of the world.

He hath perfected for ever, He hath laid the foundation of the eternal perfection. The offering is of such a character that it secures their final freedom from sin, and wilt make them for ever holy. It cannot mean that those for whom he died are made at once perfectly holy, for that is not true; but the idea is, that the offering was complete, and did not need to be repeated; and that it was of such a nature as entirely to remove the penalty due to sin, and to lay the foundation for their final eternal holiness. The offerings made under the Jewish law were so defective that there was a necessity for repeating them every day; the offering made by the Saviour was so perfect that it needed not to be repeated, and that it secured the complete and final salvation of those who avail themselves of it.

Them that are sanctified. Those who are made holy by that offering. It does not mean that they are as yet wholly sanctified, but that they have been brought under the influence of that gospel which sanctifies and saves. Heb 2:11, 9:13. The doctrine taught in this verse is, that all those who are, in any measure; sanctified, will be perfected for ever. It is not a temporary work which has been begun in their souls, but one which is designed to be carried forward to perfection. In the atonement made by the Redeemer there is the foundation laid for their eternal perfection, and it was with reference to that, that it was offered. Respecting this work and the consequences of it, we may remark, that there is

(1.) perfection in its nature, it being of such a character that it needs not to be repeated;

(2.) there is perfection in regard to the pardon of sin--all past sins being forgiven to those who embrace it, and being for ever forgiven; and

(3.) there is to be absolute perfection, for them for ever. They will be made perfect at some future period, and when that shall take place it will be to continue for ever and ever.

(g) "perfected "Heb 10:9"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 For by one offering - His death upon the cross. He hath perfected for ever - He has procured remission of sins and holiness; fur it is well observed here, and in several parts of this epistle, that τελειοω, to make perfect, is the same as αφεσιν ἁμαρτιων ποιεω, to procure remission of sins. Them that are sanctified - Τους ἁγιαζομενους· Them that have received the sprinkling of the blood of this offering. These, therefore, receiving redemption through that blood, have no need of any other offering; as this was a complete atonement, purification, and title to eternal glory.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 10:11-18

Under the new covenant, or gospel dispensation, full and final pardon is to be had. This makes a vast difference between the new covenant and the old one. Under the old, sacrifices must be often repeated, and after all, only pardon as to this world was to be obtained by them. Under the new, one Sacrifice is enough to procure for all nations and ages, spiritual pardon, or being freed from punishment in the world to…

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Hebrews 10:14 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

μιᾷmiaBy oneG1520
γὰρgarforG1063
προσφορᾷprosphoraofferingG4376
τετελείωκενteteleiōkenHe has perfectedG5048
εἰςeisforG1519
τὸto<the>G3588
διηνεκὲςdiēnekesall timeG1336
τοὺςtousthoseG3588
ἁγιαζομένους.hagiazomenousbeing sanctified.G37

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hebrews 10:14

  • Hebrews 9:14

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Hebrews 7:25

    Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

  • Hebrews 10:1

    For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

  • Hebrews 2:11

    For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

  • Romans 15:16

    That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

  • Hebrews 13:12

    Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

  • Acts 20:32

    And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

  • Hebrews 7:19

    For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

  • Hebrews 6:13-14

    For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

  • Ephesians 5:26

    That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

  • 1 Corinthians 1:2

    Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

  • Jude 1:1

    Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he.
1; 7:19,25; 9:10,14
them.
2:11; 6:13,14; 13:12; Ac 20:32; 26:13; Ro 15:16; 1Co 1:2; Eph 5:26
Jude 1:1

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Context

  • Hebrews 10:13

    From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

  • Hebrews 10:14

    For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

  • Hebrews 10:15

    Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

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Hebrews 10:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque con una sola ofrenda hizo perfectos para siempre á los santificados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car, par une seule offrande, il a rendu parfaits à perpétuité ceux qui sont sanctifiés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn durch ein Opfer hat er auf immerdar vollkommen gemacht, die geheiligt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Una enim oblatione, consummavit in sempiternum sanctificatos.