27 There’s only a scary expectation of judgment and of a burning fire that’s going to devour God’s opponents.
28 When someone rejected the Law from Moses, they were put to death without mercy on the basis of the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much worse punishment do you think is deserved by the person who walks all over God’s Son, who acts as if the blood of the covenant that made us holy is just ordinary blood, and who insults the Spirit of grace?
30 We know the one who said, Judgment is mine; I will pay people back. And he also said, The Lord will judge his people.
31 It’s scary to fall into the hands of the living God!
32 But remember the earlier days, after you saw the light. You stood your ground while you were suffering from an enormous amount of pressure.
33 Sometimes you were exposed to insults and abuse in public. Other times you became partners with those who were treated that way.