19 So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.(A)

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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it[a] can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who approach.(A)

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  1. 10.1 Other ancient authorities read they

They offer worship in a sanctuary that is[a] a sketch and shadow of the heavenly one, just as Moses was warned when he was about to erect the tent.[b] For, God[c] said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”(A)

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  1. 8.5 Gk lacks a sanctuary that is
  2. 8.5 Or tabernacle
  3. 8.5 Gk he

12 the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off[a] the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;(A)

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  1. 13.12 Other ancient authorities read lay aside

78 Because of the tender mercy of our God,
    the dawn from on high will break[a] upon[b] us,

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  1. 1.78 Other ancient authorities read has broken
  2. 1.78 Gk will visit