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Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

¹ For the Law, since it has only ^(C1)a shadow of ^(C2)the good things to come and not the very ^(F1)form of things, ^(F2)can ^(C3)never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, ^(C4)make perfect those who draw near.² Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have ^(C1)consciousness of sins?³ But ^(C1)in ^(F1)those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.⁴ For it is ^(C1)impossible for the ^(C2)blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.⁵ Therefore, ^(C1)when He comes into the world, He says,

"^(C2)SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED,
BUT ^(C3)A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME;

^6 (C1)IN BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE.

⁷ "^(C1)THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME,
IN ^(C2)THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME,
TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'"

¹¹ And every priest stands daily ministering and ^(C1)offering time after time the same sacrifices, which ^(C2)can never take away sins;¹² but He, having offered one sacrifice ^(C1)for ^(F1)sins ^(C2)for all time, ^(C3)SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,¹³ waiting from that time ^(C1)UNTIL HIS ENEMIES ARE PUT AS A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.¹⁴ For by one offering He has ^(C1)perfected ^(C2)for all time those who are being sanctified.¹⁵ And ^(C1)the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

¹⁶ "^(C1)THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM
AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE ^(F1)LORD:
I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART,
AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM,"
He then says,

¹⁷ "^(C1)AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS
I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."

A New and Living Way

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers, since we ^(C1)have confidence to ^(C2)enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,²⁰ by ^(C1)a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through ^(C2)the veil, that is, His flesh,²¹ and since we have ^(C1)a great priest ^(C2)over the house of God,²² let us ^(C1)draw near with a ^(F1)sincere heart in ^(C2)full assurance of faith, having our hearts ^(C3)sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies ^(C4)washed with pure water.²³ Let us hold fast the ^(C1)confession of our ^(C2)hope without wavering, for ^(C3)He who promised is faithful.²⁴ And let us consider how ^(C1)to stimulate one another to love and ^(C2)good deeds,²⁵ not forsaking our own ^(C1)assembling together, as is the habit of some, but ^(C2)encouraging one another, and all the more as you see ^(C3)the day drawing near.

Warning Against Willful Sin

²⁶ For if we go on ^(C1)sinning willfully after receiving ^(C2)the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,²⁷ but a terrifying expectation of ^(C1)judgment and ^(C2)THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.^28 (C1)Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy by the mouth of two or three witnesses.^29 (C1)How much worse punishment do you think he will deserve ^(C2)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as defiled ^(C3)the blood of the covenant ^(C4)by which he was sanctified, and has ^(C5)insulted the Spirit of grace?³⁰ For we know Him who said, "^(C1)VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY." And again, "^(C2)THE ^(F1)LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE."³¹ It is a ^(C1)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ^(C2)living God.

³² But remember ^(C1)the former days, ^(F1)when, after being ^(C2)enlightened, you endured a great ^(C3)conflict of sufferings,³³ partly by being ^(C1)made a public spectacle through reproaches and afflictions, and partly by becoming ^(C2)sharers with those who were so treated.³⁴ For you also ^(C1)showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted with ^(C2)joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves ^(C3)a better and lasting possession.³⁵ Therefore, do not throw away that ^(C1)confidence of yours, which has a great ^(C2)reward.³⁶ For you have need of ^(C1)endurance, so that when you have ^(C2)done the will of God, you may ^(C3)receive the promise.

^37 (C1)FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE,
^(C2)HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.

^38 (C1)BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH,
AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.