What Does Hebrews 10:26 Mean in the King James?
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse warns that once truth is received, continuing to miss by choice leaves no further sacrifice to fall back on.
THE MEANING
The warning addresses you now: after truth is received, continuing to miss it by choice leaves no further sacrifice for sins. The Greek verb describes deliberate sinning as a continuing course. The verse gives that refusal its full weight.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie is, “I can keep choosing against what I know is true and rely on another sacrifice later.” The verse says no further sacrifice remains.
THE ROOT
ἁμαρτανόντων
hamartanontōn
GROWS FROM
ἁμαρτ-
hamart-
to miss, err, or fall short
English “sin” can sound like a fixed category, while this Greek participle describes an active, continuing missing. Paired with “wilfully” (ἑκουσίως, hekousiōs: willingly), it places the weight on sustained choice after truth is received.
ALSO GROWS
hamartia: sin; missing
ἁμαρτία
It names the same missing that the verse says has no further sacrifice remaining.
hamartōlos: sinner; one characterized by missing
ἁμαρτωλός
It shows how a repeated action can become a description of a person.
ἐπίγνωσιν
epignōsin
GROWS FROM
γινωσκ-
ginōsk-
to know, recognize, or perceive
“knowledge” in this verse is epignōsin. The word carries recognition of truth, not merely detached information. The warning turns on what is received and recognized, then met with continuing choice.
ALSO GROWS
ginōskō: know, recognize, perceive
γινώσκω
It shows the knowing at the root of the word translated “knowledge.”
epiginōskō: recognize, come to know
ἐπιγινώσκω
It shares the word family and emphasizes recognition of the truth named here.
θυσίαν
thysian
GROWS FROM
θύω
thyō
to sacrifice or slaughter
The sentence ends with a hard limit: no further sacrifice remains for this continuing, deliberate missing. The word does not leave a next offering in reserve.
ALSO GROWS
thyō: sacrifice, offer, or slaughter
θύω
This verb is the source of the word translated “sacrifice.”
thysiastērion: altar
θυσιαστήριον
It names the place associated with sacrifice, showing the wider family around the offering.
THE PATTERN
Chosen wrongdoing cannot be made harmless through presumption, concealment, or repeated offerings.
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.THE THREAD
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.Both verses use ἁμαρτία (hamartia: sin, missing); Hebrews 10:18 also pairs it with ἄφεσις (aphesis: release). Together, release and warning share the same object: the text names the seriousness of continuing deliberate missing after truth is received.
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