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One Sacrifice of Christ Is Sufficient

¹ For the Law, since it has only ^(C1)a shadow of ^(C2)the good things to come and not the ^(F1)form of those things itself, ^(F2)can ^(C3)never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually every year, ^(C4)make those who approach perfect.² Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had ^(C1)consciousness of sins?³ But ^(C1)in ^(F1)those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every 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)YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED SACRIFICE AND OFFERING,
BUT ^(C3)YOU HAVE PREPARED A BODY FOR ME;

^6 (C1)YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN PLEASURE IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND OFFERINGS FOR SIN.

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

¹¹ 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 onward ^(C1)UNTIL HIS ENEMIES ARE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.¹⁴ For by one offering He has ^(C1)perfected ^(C2)for all time those who are ^(F1)sanctified.¹⁵ And ^(C1)the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,

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

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

A New and Living Way

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

Christ or Judgment

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 ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^29 (C1)How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve ^(C2)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean ^(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 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 insults and distress, and partly by becoming ^(F1)(C2)companions with those who were so treated.³⁴ For you ^(C1)showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted ^(C2)joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves ^(C3)a better and lasting possession.³⁵ Therefore, do not throw away your ^(C1)confidence, 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 ^(F1)what was promised.

^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 WILL LIVE BY FAITH;
AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.