Bible Strands
Hebrews 10:7
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker identifies himself as the one who has come to fulfill God’s will, addressing God directly in the context of abolishing the old sacrificial system. This declaration follows the observation that God took no delight in burnt and sin offerings.
The words — ἥκω (hēkō) means “I have come,” and γέγραπται (gegraptai) translates literally as “it has been written.” These terms ground the speaker’s arrival in prior divine record rather than human initiative.
The thread — The same declaration echoes Psalm 40:7, while the theme of fulfilling the sender’s will appears in John 4:34 and John 6:38. These passages trace a consistent biblical pattern of obedience preceding divine acceptance.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that obedience replaces ritual as the basis for divine approval. It requires the reader to abandon reliance on prescribed ceremonies and submit to the will of God.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Cross-references
- Psalms 40:7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
- John 4:34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 5:30 I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- Hebrews 10:9 Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
- Jeremiah 36:2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
- Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Proverbs 8:31 I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.