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1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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For the law, possessing a shadow of the good [things] that are about to come, not the form of things itself, [is] never able {year by year} by means of the same sacrifices which they offer without interruption to make perfect those who draw near.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
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For otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the ones who worship, having been purified once and for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
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But in them [there is] a reminder of sins {year by year}.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
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For [it is] impossible [for] the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
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Therefore, [when he] came into the world, he said, "Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but a body you prepared for me;
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
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you did not delight in whole burnt offerings and [offerings] for sins.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
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Then I said, 'Behold, I have come-- in the roll of the book it is written about me-- to do your will, O God.'
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
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[When he] says above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [offerings] for sin you did not want, nor did you delight in,"<note: Various phrases from the quotation of Ps 40:6 in Heb 10:5-6 are repeated here> which are offered according to the law,
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
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then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will."<note: A repetition of Ps 40:8 from Heb 10:7; many later manuscripts add "O God," making the quotation conform to Heb 10:7 more closely> He takes away the first in order to establish the second,
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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by which will we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
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And every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices many times, which are never able to take away sins.
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
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But this one, [after he] had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
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from now on waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
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For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
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And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
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"This [is] the covenant that I will decree for them after those days, says the Lord: I am putting my laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
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[He] also [says], "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will never remember again."<note: A quotation from Jer 31:34>
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
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Now where [there is] forgiveness of these, [there is] no longer an offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
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Therefore, brothers, [since we] have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
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[by the] new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh,
21 And having an high 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, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled [clean] from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
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Let us hold fast to the confession of [our] hope without wavering, for the one who promised [is] faithful.
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
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And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love} and good works,
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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not abandoning {our meeting together}, as [is] the habit of some, but encouraging [each other], and by so much more as you see the day drawing near.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
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For [if] we keep on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that is about to consume the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
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Anyone who rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
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For we know the one who said, "Vengeance [is] mine, I will repay,"<note: A quotation from Deut 32:35> and again, "The Lord will judge his people."<note: A quotation from Deut 32:36>
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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[It is] a terrifying [thing] to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
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But remember the former days in which, [after you] were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
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sometimes being publicly exposed both to insults and to afflictions, and sometimes becoming sharers with those who were treated in this way.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
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For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy [because you] knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
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Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
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For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
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For yet "a very, very little [while], [and] the one who is coming will come and will not delay.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
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But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of [our] souls.
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