17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; (A)you are still in your sins!

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17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.(A)

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25 (A)who was delivered up because of our offenses, and (B)was raised because of our justification.

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25 He was delivered over to death for our sins(A) and was raised to life for our justification.(B)

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14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.

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14 And if Christ has not been raised,(A) our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

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A Heavenly Inheritance

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who (B)according to His abundant mercy (C)has begotten us again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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Praise to God for a Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!(A) In his great mercy(B) he has given us new birth(C) into a living hope(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(E)

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21 who through Him believe in God, (A)who raised Him from the dead and (B)gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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21 Through him you believe in God,(A) who raised him from the dead(B) and glorified him,(C) and so your faith and hope(D) are in God.

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33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? (A)It is God who justifies. 34 (B)Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, (C)who is even at the right hand of God, (D)who also makes intercession for us.

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33 Who will bring any charge(A) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns?(B) No one. Christ Jesus who died(C)—more than that, who was raised to life(D)—is at the right hand of God(E) and is also interceding for us.(F)

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For (A)it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

Christ’s Death Fulfills God’s Will(B)

Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

(C)“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
You had no pleasure.
Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
In the volume of the book it is written of Me—
To do Your will, O God.’ ”

Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, [a]O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 (D)By that will we have been [b]sanctified (E)through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Christ’s Death Perfects the Sanctified

11 And every priest stands (F)ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 (G)But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down (H)at the right hand of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:9 NU, M omit O God
  2. Hebrews 10:10 set apart

It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats(A) to take away sins.(B)

Therefore, when Christ came into the world,(C) he said:

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
    but a body you prepared for me;(D)
with burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you were not pleased.
Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(E)
    I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](F)

First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(G)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(H) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(I) through the sacrifice of the body(J) of Jesus Christ once for all.(K)

11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(L) which can never take away sins.(M) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(N) he sat down at the right hand of God,(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

22 And according to the law almost all things are [a]purified with blood, and (A)without shedding of blood there is no [b]remission.

Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice

23 Therefore it was necessary that (B)the copies of the things in the heavens should be [c]purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For (C)Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are [d]copies of (D)the true, but into heaven itself, now (E)to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as (F)the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 (G)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (H)but after this the judgment, 28 so (I)Christ was (J)offered once to bear the sins (K)of many. To those who (L)eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:22 cleansed
  2. Hebrews 9:22 forgiveness
  3. Hebrews 9:23 cleansed
  4. Hebrews 9:24 representations

22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,(A) and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.(B)

23 It was necessary, then, for the copies(C) of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one;(D) he entered heaven itself,(E) now to appear for us in God’s presence.(F) 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place(G) every year with blood that is not his own.(H) 26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world.(I) But he has appeared(J) once for all(K) at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.(L) 27 Just as people are destined to die once,(M) and after that to face judgment,(N) 28 so Christ was sacrificed once(O) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,(P) not to bear sin,(Q) but to bring salvation(R) to those who are waiting for him.(S)

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(A)by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless (B)you believed in vain.

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By this gospel you are saved,(A) if you hold firmly(B) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

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10 For (A)if when we were enemies (B)we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved (C)by His life.

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10 For if, while we were God’s enemies,(A) we were reconciled(B) to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!(C)

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38 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that (A)through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; 39 and (B)by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

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38 “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.(A) 39 Through him everyone who believes(B) is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.(C)

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31 (A)Him God has exalted to His right hand to be (B)Prince and (C)Savior, (D)to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

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31 God exalted him to his own right hand(A) as Prince and Savior(B) that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.(C)

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Jesus Predicts His Departure

21 Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and (A)you will seek Me, and (B)will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.”

22 So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?”

23 And He said to them, (C)“You are from beneath; I am from above. (D)You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 (E)Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; (F)for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

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Dispute Over Who Jesus Is

21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die(A) in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”(B)

22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.(C) 24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he,(D) you will indeed die in your sins.”

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