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18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
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And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
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by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,
21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
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Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
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not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
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If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
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but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
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Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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