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For The Law Could Never Take Away Sins, So Jesus Came To Offer His Body
10 For the Law— having a shadow of the coming good things, not the very image[a] of the things— is never able to perfect the ones approaching yearly with the same sacrifices which they offer perpetually[b]. 2 Otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, because of the ones worshiping no longer having a consciousness of sins, having been cleansed once-for-all? 3 But in them[c] there is a yearly reminder of sins. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take-away sins. 5 Therefore, while entering into the world, He says [in Ps 40:6-8]: “You did not desire sacrifice and offering, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not well-pleased with whole-burnt-offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, Behold, I have come— in the roll[d] of a book it has been written about Me—that I might do Your will, God”.
Thus God Has Done Away With Animal Offerings And Established Christ’s
8 Saying above that “You did not desire nor were You well-pleased with sacrifices and offerings and whole-burnt-offerings and offerings for sin” (which are being offered according-to[e] the Law!), 9 then He has said, “Behold, I have come that I might do Your will”— He does-away-with[f] the first in-order-that He might establish the second,
And By God’s Will We Are Made Holy By The Offering of Christ’s Body
10 ... by which will we have been made-holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once-for-all.
The Priests Offer Sacrifices Daily, But Jesus Offered One Sacrifice For All
11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering often the same sacrifices which are never able to take-away sins— 12 but this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins[g] for all time, sat-down at the right hand of God, 13 henceforth waiting until His enemies are put as a footstool of His feet.
For By One Offering Jesus Perfected Us For All Time
14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time the ones being made-holy.
The New Covenant Says That God Will Never Remember Our Sins Again
15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after the statement [in Jer 31:33] having said 16 “This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord: Giving My laws upon their hearts, I will also write them upon their mind”, 17 then He says “And I will never remember their sins and their lawless-deeds again”.
God’s Permanent Forgiveness Makes Further Offerings For Sin Unnecessary
18 Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer an offering for sin!
Therefore Let Us Approach God In Full Assurance of Faith And Hold On Without Wavering
19 Therefore, brothers, having confidence for the entering of the Holies by the blood of Jesus— 20 which fresh[h] and living way He inaugurated for us through[i] the curtain, that is[j], His flesh— 21 and having a great Priest over the house of God, 22 let us be approaching God with a true heart in full-assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled[k] from an evil conscience, and having our body washed[l] with clean water. 23 Let us be holding-on-to the confession of our hope without-wavering, for the One having promised is faithful. 24 And let us be considering[m] one another for the provoking[n] of love and good works, 25 not forsaking the gathering-together of ourselves as is a habit with some, but exhorting[o] one another, and so-much more by-as-much-as you see the day drawing-near.
To Now Do Otherwise Is To Trample Underfoot The Son of God
26 For while[p] we are willfully[q] sinning[r] after the receiving of the knowledge of the truth, a sacrifice no longer remains[s] for sins, 27 but some fearful expectation[t] of judgment and a zeal of fire going to consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone having set-aside[u] the Law of Moses dies without compassions upon the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 For how much worse punishment[v] do you think he will be considered-worthy— the one having trampled-underfoot the Son of God, and having regarded as defiled[w] the blood of the covenant by which[x] he was sanctified[y], and having insulted[z] the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the One having said [in Deut 32:35]: “Vengeance is for Me, I will repay”; and again [in Deut 32:36]: “The Lord will judge His people”. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
You Need To Endure By Faith Until You Receive The Promises
32 Now[aa] remember the former days during which, having been enlightened[ab], you endured a great struggle[ac] of sufferings— 33 on this hand being made-a-spectacle[ad] by both reproaches[ae] and afflictions, and on this hand having become partners of the ones living in this manner[af]. 34 For indeed you sympathized-with the prisoners, and you accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you-yourselves have a better and abiding possession. 35 So do not throw-away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, in order that having done the will of God, you might receive the promise. 37 For yet in a very little while, “the One coming will come and will not delay. 38 But My righteous one will live by faith. And if he draws-back[ag], My soul is not well-pleased[ah] with him” [Hab 2:3-4]. 39 But we are not of [ai] a drawing-back resulting-in destruction, but of a faith resulting in the preserving of the soul.
The Saints Have Always Endured By Faith
11 Now[aj] faith is the assurance[ak] of things being hoped-for[al], the conviction[am] of things not being seen[an]. 2 For in this the elders[ao] were attested.
The Early Times
3 By faith we understand that the worlds have been prepared by the word of God, so that the thing being seen has not[ap] come-into-being from things being visible. 4 By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which he was attested to be righteous— God testifying about his gifts. And through it, [although] having died, he is still speaking. 5 By faith Enoch was removed[aq], so as not to see death: “And he was not found because God removed him” [Gen 5:24]. For before the removal, he has been attested to have pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him. For the one coming-to God must believe that He is, and He becomes the rewarder to the ones seeking Him out. 7 By faith Noah, having been warned about the things not yet being seen, having been reverent, prepared the ark for the salvation[ar] of his household, through which he condemned the world and became an inheritor of the righteousness according-to faith.
The Time of The Patriarchs
8 By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out to a place which he was going-to receive for an inheritance. And he went out not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he stayed[as] in the land of the promise as a land belonging-to-another, having dwelled in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow-heirs of the same promise. 10 For he was waiting-for the city having foundations, of which[at] God is designer[au] and maker[av]. 11 By faith— and Sarah herself being barren— he[aw] received power for the foundation[ax] of a seed[ay] even beyond the time of mature-age, since he regarded the One having promised to be faithful. 12 Therefore indeed from one man— and he having become impotent as to these[az] things— were born[ba] seed as the stars of heaven in number, and countless as the sand by the shore of the sea. 13 In accordance with faith, these[bb] all died not having received the promises, but having seen them from a distance, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they are strangers and pilgrims[bc] on the earth. 14 For the ones saying such things are making-clear that they are seeking-for a homeland. 15 And if they had been remembering that homeland from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return— 16 but as-it-is, they are aspiring-to a better homeland; that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed-of them, to be called their God. For He prepared a city for them. 17 By faith Abraham has offered Isaac while being tested. And the one having received the promises was offering his only-born[bd], 18 with-regard-to whom[be] it was said [in Gen 21:12] that “In Isaac a seed will be called for you”, 19 having considered[bf] that God was able to raise him even from the dead, from-which[bg] he also received him back in a symbol[bh]. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau even concerning coming things. 21 By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and “worshiped [leaning] on the top of his staff ” [Gen 47:31]. 22 By faith Joseph, while coming-to-an-end[bi], mentioned concerning the departure[bj] of the sons of Israel and gave-commands concerning his bones.
The Time of The Exodus
23 By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child was beautiful and did not fear the edict of the king. 24 By faith Moses, having become great[bk], refused to be called son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 having chosen rather to be mistreated-with the people of God than to be having a temporary enjoyment of sin, 26 having regarded the reproach of [bl] the Christ to be greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. For he was looking-away[bm] to the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the fury of the king. For he persevered[bn] as seeing[bo] the invisible One. 28 By faith he has performed the Passover[bp] and the sprinkling of the blood in order that the one destroying the firstborns might not touch them. 29 By faith they crossed[bq] the Red Sea as through dry land— of which having taken the test[br], the Egyptians were swallowed-up. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish-with the ones having disobeyed, having welcomed the spies with peace.
What More Shall I Say?
32 And what more may I say? For time will fail me while telling about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, both David and Samuel, and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, worked righteousness[bs], obtained[bt] promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edges of the sword, were strengthened from weakness, became mighty in battle, put-to-flight armies of foreigners. 35 Women received their dead by resurrection— but others were tortured, not accepting redemption[bu], in order that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 And others received a trial of mockings and whippings, and furthermore of bonds and prison. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn-in-two, they died by murder of the sword. They went-around in sheepskins, in skins of-goats, being in-need, being afflicted, being mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy— wandering in desolate-places and mountains and caves and openings of the earth.
They Did Not Receive The Promise, For God Had a Better Promise For Us
39 And these all, having been attested through their faith, did not receive the promise— 40 God having provided[bv] something better for us, in order that they should not be perfected[bw] apart from us.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing