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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 For the Law, since it has only (A)a shadow of (B)the good things to come and not the very [a]form of things, [b]can (C)never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, (D)make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have (E)consciousness of sins? But (F)in [c]those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. For it is (G)impossible for the (H)blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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  1. Hebrews 10:1 Lit image
  2. Hebrews 10:1 Two early mss they can
  3. Hebrews 10:3 Lit them there is

The Law is a Reflection

10 For the Law, being only[a] a reflection[b] of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never make perfect those who come near by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year. Otherwise, would they not have stopped offering them, because the worshipers, cleansed once for all, would no longer be aware of any sins? Instead, through those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year, for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:1 The Gk. lacks only
  2. Hebrews 10:1 Or shadow