Charles Ellicott Commentary Hebrews 10:26

"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins," — Hebrews 10:26 (ASV)

For.—The connecting links are the thought of the consequences to which such sinful neglect (Hebrews 10:25) may lead, and the awful revelation of judgment which the final day will bring. Even more clearly than in Hebrews 6:4-6, the state described is one of willful and continued sin, which is the result and the expression of apostasy from Christ.

It is not, “If we fall under temptation and commit sin;” but, “If we are sinning willfully.” The descriptive words are few as compared with those of the former passage, but they teach the same lesson. Not merely the knowledge but the full knowledge (Romans 1:28) of the truth has been received by those to whom the writer here makes reference; they have been sanctified in the blood of the covenant (Hebrews 10:29).

For such, there remains no longer a sacrifice for sins: that offering of Jesus which they deliberately reject has abolished all the earlier sacrifices. The observances and ceremonies of Judaism, which had been full of meaning while they pointed to Him who was to come, have lost all their virtue through His coming. Moreover, for such sin as this, the sin of knowing and willful rejection of the only Sin offering, God has provided no other sacrifice. In its general significance, this passage does not differ from Hebrews 6:4-6. (See the Notes.)