Hebrews:10

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* FOR the Law with a shadow of the good things that are coming , but not the very likeness of the things , cannot , by the same sacrifices which they offer constantly every year , ever make perfect those who come , * since would they not have ceased offering them ? Because the worshipers , once for all cleansed , would have had no consciousness of sins . * But in the sacrifices these are called to mind every year . * For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take away sins . * Therefore on coming into the world he says , "Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire : a body thou hast prepared for me . * Whole burnt offerings and sin offerings thou dost not delight in . * Then I said , 'Here I have come \'97 in the roll of the book it is written of me \'97 to do thy will , O God .' " * He first says , "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings thou dost not desire nor delight in ," such as are offered according to the Law , * and then he says , "Here I have come to do thy will ." He takes away the first to establish the second . * By this "will " we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all . * Every priest stands daily doing service and offering many times the same sacrifices , although they never can take away sins . * But this Priest after offering one sacrifice for sins forever , took his seat at the right hand of God , * for the future only waiting until his enemies are made his footstool . * For by one offering he has forever perfected those who are made holy . * The Holy Spirit testifies this to us ; for after having said , * "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days , says the Lord : I will put my laws in their hearts and on their minds I will write them ," he adds , * "and their sins and their law-breakings I will remember no more ." * But where there is forgiveness of these , there is no longer any offering for sin . * Since we have , then , brethren , confidence in entering the holy place through the blood of Jesus , * by the new and living way which he has made for us through the curtain , that is , his flesh , * and since we have a great Priest over the house of God , * let us come with true hearts in full assurance of faith , having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies bathed in pure water . * Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering , for he is faithful who has promised , * and let us keep watch to incite one another to love and noble deeds , * not neglecting to assemble yourselves , as some do , but encouraging one another , and so much the more , as you see the day drawing near . * For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth , there remains no longer any sacrifice for sins , * but a dreadful expectation of doom and a fury of fire that will devour the opposers . * Any one who sets aside a law of Moses dies without pity on the testimony of two or three witnesses . * Of how much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy who has trampled on the Son of God , who has thought the blood of the covenant , by which it was made holy , an unholy thing , and who has insulted the Spirit of grace ? * For we know him who said , "Vengeance is mine , I will repay ," and again , "The Lord will judge his people ." * It is dreadful to fall into the hands of the living God . * Remember the early days in which , after being enlightened , you endured a great struggle with sufferings , * at one time made a public spectacle by reproaches and distresses , at another time making common cause with those who were thus treated . * For you even suffered with the prisoners and accepted the plundering of your property with joy , knowing that you had a better and enduring possession . * Do not , then , cast away your confidence , for it will have a great reward . * You have need of patience so that after doing the will of God you may gain the promised blessing . * For yet "a little , very little , while , and he who is coming will come and will not delay . * My righteous man will live by faith ; but if he shrinks back , my soul has no delight in him ." * But we are not of those who shrink back and perish , but of those who have faith and will win their souls .

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