Hebrews 10:22
in Hebrews 10let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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ASV
let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
KJV
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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This verse in Hebrews 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseLet us draw near - Let us come with the blood of our sacrifice to the throne of God: the expression is sacrificial. With a true heart - Deeply convinced of our need of help, and truly in earnest to obtain it. In full assurance of faith - Being fully persuaded that God will accept us for the sake of his Son, and that the sacrificial death of Christ gives us full authority to expect every blessing we need.
This site's exposition
Let us draw near with a true heart
on Hebrews 10:22-25
Three let-us exhortations gather the doctrine into duty, the letter's own pattern: let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and bodies washed with pure water, language drawn from the priests' own consecration at Exodus 29 and Leviticus 8. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering follows at verse 23, grounded not in the readers' own strength but in for he is faithful that promised. Let us consider one another closes the triad at verses 24 and 25, provoking unto love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some already was, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching, the early church's own sense that the end stood near.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Let us draw near - To God. With a true heart - In godly sincerity. Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience - So as to condemn us no longer And our bodies washed with pure water - All our conversation spotless and holy, which is far more acceptable to God than all the legal sprinklings and washings.
on Hebrews 10:22-23
(1.) With a true heart, without any allowed guile or hypocrisy. God is the searcher of hearts, and he requires truth in the inward parts. Sincerity is our gospel perfection, though not our justifying righteousness.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
On the "pure water," the symbol of consecration and sanctification, compare Joh 19:34; The perfects "having . . . hearts sprinkled . . . body (the Greek is singular) washed," imply a continuing state produced by a once-for-all accomplished act, namely, our justification by faith through Christ's blood, and consecration to God, sealed sacramentally by the baptism of our body.
The words behind it
19 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| προσερχώμεθα | proserchometha | we may draw near | G4334 → | 86 times |
| μετὰ | meta | with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| ἀληθινῆς | alethines | a sincere | G228 → | 28 times |
| καρδίας | kardias | heart | G2588 → | 156 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| πληροφορίᾳ | plerophoria | full assurance | G4136 → | |
| πίστεως | pisteos | of faith | G4102 → | 242 times |
| ῥεραντισμένοι | rherantismenoi | sprinkled clean | G4472 → | 4 times |
| τὰς | tas | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| καρδίας | kardias | [our] hearts | G2588 → | 156 times |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 → | 640 times |
| συνειδήσεως | suneideseos | a conscience | G4893 → | 30 times |
| πονηρᾶς | poneras | evil | G4190 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| λελουσμένοι | lelousmenoi | having ourselves washed | G3068 → | |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| σῶμα | soma | [our] body | G4983 → | 142 times |
| ὕδατι | hudati | with water | G5204 → | |
| καθαρῷ. | katharo | pure. | G2513 → |
προσερχώμεθαwe may draw near
proserchomethaG4334 →86 times
μετὰwith
metaG3326 →461 times
ἀληθινῆςa sincere
alethinesG228 →28 times
καρδίαςheart
kardiasG2588 →156 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
πληροφορίᾳfull assurance
plerophoriaG4136 →
πίστεωςof faith
pisteosG4102 →242 times
ῥεραντισμένοιsprinkled clean
rherantismenoiG4472 →4 times
τὰς<the>
tasG3588 →19766 times
καρδίας[our] hearts
kardiasG2588 →156 times
ἀπὸfrom
apoG575 →640 times
συνειδήσεωςa conscience
suneideseosG4893 →30 times
πονηρᾶςevil
ponerasG4190 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
λελουσμένοιhaving ourselves washed
lelousmenoiG3068 →
τὸ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
σῶμα[our] body
somaG4983 →142 times
ὕδατιwith water
hudatiG5204 →
καθαρῷ.pure.
katharoG2513 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
it leads to
- John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 3:5
Through
John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Acts 2:38
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- 1 Peter 3:21
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
Through
Ephesians 5:26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
it leads to
- John 15:3
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- John 15:3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.