逐节对照
- Amplified Bible - how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal [Holy] Spirit willingly offered Himself unblemished [that is, without moral or spiritual imperfection as a sacrifice] to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works and lifeless observances to serve the ever living God?
- 新标点和合本 - 何况基督藉着永远的灵,将自己无瑕无疵献给 神,他的血岂不更能洗净你们的心(原文是“良心”),除去你们的死行,使你们侍奉那永生 神吗?
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 何况基督的血,他藉着永远的灵把自己无瑕疵地献给上帝,更能洗净我们 的良心,除去致死的行为,好事奉那位永生的上帝。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 何况基督的血,他藉着永远的灵把自己无瑕疵地献给 神,更能洗净我们 的良心,除去致死的行为,好事奉那位永生的 神。
- 当代译本 - 更何况基督借着永恒的灵把自己毫无瑕疵地献给上帝呢?祂的血岂不更能洗净我们的良心,使我们脱离导致灭亡的行为,以便事奉永活的上帝吗?
- 圣经新译本 - 何况基督的血呢?他藉着永远的灵,把自己无瑕无疵的献给 神,他的血不是更能洁净我们的良心脱离致死的行为,使我们可以事奉永活的 神吗?
- 中文标准译本 - 更何况基督的血呢!基督藉着永恒的圣灵 ,将自己毫无瑕疵地献给神,他的血难道不能洁净我们 的良心脱离致死的行为,使我们事奉永生的神吗?
- 现代标点和合本 - 何况基督藉着永远的灵,将自己无瑕无疵献给神,他的血岂不更能洗净你们的心 ,除去你们的死行,使你们侍奉那永生神吗?
- 和合本(拼音版) - 何况基督藉着永远的灵,将自己无瑕无疵献给上帝,他的血岂不更能洗净你们的心 ,除去你们的死行,使你们侍奉那永生上帝吗?
- New International Version - How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
- New International Reader's Version - But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.
- English Standard Version - how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
- New Living Translation - Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
- Christian Standard Bible - how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?
- New American Standard Bible - how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- New King James Version - how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- American Standard Version - how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- King James Version - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- New English Translation - how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
- World English Bible - how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- 新標點和合本 - 何況基督藉着永遠的靈,將自己無瑕無疵獻給神,他的血豈不更能洗淨你們的心(原文是良心),除去你們的死行,使你們事奉那永生神嗎?
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 何況基督的血,他藉着永遠的靈把自己無瑕疵地獻給上帝,更能洗淨我們 的良心,除去致死的行為,好事奉那位永生的上帝。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 何況基督的血,他藉着永遠的靈把自己無瑕疵地獻給 神,更能洗淨我們 的良心,除去致死的行為,好事奉那位永生的 神。
- 當代譯本 - 更何況基督藉著永恆的靈把自己毫無瑕疵地獻給上帝呢?祂的血豈不更能洗淨我們的良心,使我們脫離導致滅亡的行為,以便事奉永活的上帝嗎?
- 聖經新譯本 - 何況基督的血呢?他藉著永遠的靈,把自己無瑕無疵的獻給 神,他的血不是更能潔淨我們的良心脫離致死的行為,使我們可以事奉永活的 神嗎?
- 呂振中譯本 - 何況基督的血呢?基督藉着永恆的靈、將自己無瑕無疵地獻與上帝, 他 、 的血 豈不更能潔淨我們的良知,除去屬死的行為,使 我們 能事奉永活的上帝麼?
- 中文標準譯本 - 更何況基督的血呢!基督藉著永恆的聖靈 ,將自己毫無瑕疵地獻給神,他的血難道不能潔淨我們 的良心脫離致死的行為,使我們事奉永生的神嗎?
- 現代標點和合本 - 何況基督藉著永遠的靈,將自己無瑕無疵獻給神,他的血豈不更能洗淨你們的心 ,除去你們的死行,使你們侍奉那永生神嗎?
- 文理和合譯本 - 況基督由永生之神、獻己於上帝、無有瑕疵、其血不尤能潔爾良去死行以事維生之上帝乎、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 何況基督賴恆在之神、自無瑕垢、而獻己與上帝、其血能淨爾心、去妄行、使事永生之上帝乎、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 何況基督感於永在之神、以己無瑕之身、獻於天主、其血豈更不淨爾心去妄行、使爾奉事永生之天主乎、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 矧以基督無玷之身、憑聖神而自獻於天主之寶血、不更應滌吾人之良心於一切致死之行、俾得昭事永生之天主乎?
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Si esto es así, ¡cuánto más la sangre de Cristo, quien por medio del Espíritu eterno se ofreció sin mancha a Dios, purificará nuestra conciencia de las obras que conducen a la muerte, a fin de que sirvamos al Dios viviente!
- 현대인의 성경 - 하물며 영원하신 성령님을 통해 흠 없는 자기 자신을 하나님께 드린 그리스도의 피가 죽음에 이르게 하는 행위에서 어찌 여러분의 양심을 깨끗하게 하여 살아 계신 하나님을 섬기게 하지 못하겠습니까?
- Новый Русский Перевод - то тем более кровь Христа, Который в силе вечного Духа принес Самого Себя как беспорочную жертву Богу, очистит нашу совесть, запятнанную делами, которые ведут к смерти! Она даст нам возможность служить живому Богу!
- Восточный перевод - то тем более кровь Масиха, Который в силе вечного Духа принёс Самого Себя как беспорочную жертву Всевышнему, очистит нашу совесть, запятнанную делами, которые ведут к смерти! Она даст нам возможность служить живому Богу!
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - то тем более кровь аль-Масиха, Который в силе вечного Духа принёс Самого Себя как беспорочную жертву Аллаху, очистит нашу совесть, запятнанную делами, которые ведут к смерти! Она даст нам возможность служить живому Богу!
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - то тем более кровь Масеха, Который в силе вечного Духа принёс Самого Себя как беспорочную жертву Всевышнему, очистит нашу совесть, запятнанную делами, которые ведут к смерти! Она даст нам возможность служить живому Богу!
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - leur rendent la pureté extérieure. Mais Christ s’est offert lui-même à Dieu, sous la conduite de l’Esprit éternel, comme une victime sans défaut. A combien plus forte raison, par conséquent, son sang purifiera-t-il notre conscience des œuvres qui mènent à la mort afin que nous servions le Dieu vivant.
- リビングバイブル - ましてキリストの血は、どれほど確実に私たちの心と生活を変えることでしょう。キリストご自身のささげられた血は、古い規則に縛られる悩みから私たちを解放し、生ける神にお仕えしたい気持ちに駆り立てるのです。それは、一つの罪も欠点もない完全なお方が、聖霊の助けによってご自分を喜んで神にささげ、私たちの罪のために死んでくださったからです。
- Nestle Aland 28 - πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ἡμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ Πνεύματος αἰωνίου, ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ Θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων, εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν Θεῷ ζῶντι!
- Nova Versão Internacional - quanto mais o sangue de Cristo, que pelo Espírito eterno se ofereceu de forma imaculada a Deus, purificará a nossa consciência de atos que levam à morte , para que sirvamos ao Deus vivo!
- Hoffnung für alle - Wie viel mehr wird das Blut von Jesus Christus uns innerlich erneuern und von unseren Sünden reinwaschen! Erfüllt von Gottes ewigem Geist hat er sich selbst für uns als fehlerloses Opfer Gott dargebracht. Darum sind unsere Sünden vergeben, die letztlich nur zum Tod führen, und unser Gewissen ist gereinigt. Jetzt sind wir frei, dem lebendigen Gott zu dienen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - huống chi máu của Chúa Cứu Thế lại càng có năng lực tẩy sạch lương tâm chúng ta khỏi hành vi tội lỗi, để chúng ta phụng sự Đức Chúa Trời hằng sống cách trong sạch. Vì Chúa Cứu Thế đã nhờ Chúa Thánh Linh hiến dâng thân Ngài làm sinh tế hoàn toàn cho Đức Chúa Trời.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แล้วยิ่งกว่านั้นสักเพียงใดพระโลหิตของพระคริสต์ผู้ถวายพระองค์เองอย่างปราศจากตำหนิแด่พระเจ้าโดยทางพระวิญญาณนิรันดร์ ย่อมชำระจิตสำนึกของเราจากการกระทำอันนำไปสู่ความตาย เพื่อเราจะได้รับใช้พระเจ้าผู้ทรงพระชนม์อยู่!
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ดังนั้นโลหิตของพระคริสต์จะชำระล้างมโนธรรมของเราจากการกระทำอันไร้ประโยชน์ เพื่อรับใช้พระเจ้าผู้ดำรงอยู่ได้มากกว่าเพียงไร ด้วยเหตุว่า พระองค์ได้ถวายพระองค์เองผู้ปราศจากตำหนิแด่พระเจ้า โดยผ่านพระวิญญาณอันเป็นนิรันดร์
交叉引用
- Romans 1:4 - and [as to His divine nature] according to the Spirit of holiness was openly designated to be the Son of God with power [in a triumphant and miraculous way] by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Numbers 28:9 - ‘Then on the Sabbath day two male lambs one year old without blemish, and two-tenths [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering.
- Isaiah 53:9 - His grave was assigned with the wicked, But He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
- Isaiah 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me To bring good news to the humble and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted, To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives And freedom to prisoners,
- Deuteronomy 5:26 - For who is there of all flesh (mankind) who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
- Job 15:16 - How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt, Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
- Numbers 28:3 - You shall say to the people, ‘This is the offering by fire which you shall present to the Lord every day: two male lambs one year old without blemish as a continual burnt offering.
- 2 Kings 19:16 - O Lord, bend down Your ear and hear; Lord, open Your eyes and see; hear the [taunting] words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.
- 1 Samuel 17:26 - Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes the disgrace [of his taunting] from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God?”
- Isaiah 42:1 - “Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My Chosen One in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations.
- Deuteronomy 31:27 - For I know your rebellion and contention and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death?
- Luke 12:28 - But if this is how God clothes the grass which is in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You of little faith!
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 - For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
- Numbers 28:11 - ‘Then at the beginning of [each of] your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish;
- Luke 12:24 - Consider the ravens, for they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the crop]; they have no storehouse or barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
- Acts 10:38 - how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with great power; and He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- 2 Samuel 4:11 - How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous and just man in his own house on his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?”
- Deuteronomy 15:21 - But if it has any defect or injury, such as lameness or blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
- Isaiah 57:15 - For the high and exalted One He who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy says this, “I dwell on the high and holy place, But also with the contrite and humble in spirit In order to revive the spirit of the humble And to revive the heart of the contrite [overcome with sorrow for sin].
- Hebrews 11:21 - By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.
- Hebrews 9:9 - for this [first or outer tabernacle] is a symbol [that is, an archetype or paradigm] for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which are incapable of perfecting the conscience and renewing the [inner self of the] worshiper.
- Matthew 7:11 - If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him.
- Acts 1:2 - until the day when He ascended to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given instruction to the apostles (special messengers) whom He had chosen.
- Numbers 19:2 - “This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded: ‘Tell the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed.
- Numbers 19:3 - You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.
- Numbers 19:4 - Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of it toward the front of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) seven times.
- Numbers 19:5 - Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its skin, its flesh, its blood, and its waste, shall be burned (reduced to ash).
- Numbers 19:6 - The priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet [material] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer.
- Numbers 19:7 - Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; and afterward come into the camp, but he shall be [ceremonially] unclean until evening.
- Numbers 19:8 - The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
- Numbers 19:9 - Now a man who is [ceremonially] clean shall collect the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the Israelites shall keep it for water to remove impurity; it is [to be used for] purification from sin.
- Numbers 19:10 - The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. This shall be a perpetual statute to the Israelites and to the stranger who lives as a resident alien among them.
- Numbers 19:11 - ‘The one who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
- Numbers 19:12 - That one shall purify himself from uncleanness with the water [made with the ashes of the burned heifer] on the third day and on the seventh day, and then he will be clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.
- Numbers 19:13 - Whoever touches a corpse, the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from Israel [that is, excluded from the atonement made for them]. Because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.
- Numbers 19:14 - ‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be [ceremonially] unclean for seven days.
- Numbers 19:15 - Every open container [in the tent], which has no covering tied down on it, is unclean.
- Numbers 19:16 - Also, anyone in the open field who touches one who has been killed with a sword or who has died [of natural causes], or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.
- Numbers 19:17 - Then for the unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for the purification from sin, and running water shall be added to them in a container.
- Numbers 19:18 - A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the people who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the one who was killed or the one who died [naturally] or the grave.
- Numbers 19:19 - Then the clean person shall sprinkle [the water for purification] on the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day, and on the seventh day the unclean man shall purify himself, and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be [ceremonially] clean at evening.
- Numbers 19:20 - ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water for purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
- Numbers 19:21 - So it shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity [on another] shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.
- Deuteronomy 33:27 - The eternal God is your refuge and dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, ‘Destroy!’
- 1 Timothy 1:17 - Now to the King of the ages [eternal], immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Hebrews 9:7 - but into the second [inner tabernacle, the Holy of Holies], only the high priest enters [and then only] once a year, and never without [bringing a sacrifice of] blood, which he offers [as a substitutionary atonement] for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
- Daniel 9:24 - “Seventy weeks [of years, or 490 years] have been decreed for your people and for your holy city (Jerusalem), to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make atonement (reconciliation) for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness (right-standing with God), to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
- Daniel 9:25 - So you are to know and understand that from the issuance of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until [the coming of] the Messiah (the Anointed One), the Prince, there will be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it will be built again, with [a city] plaza and moat, even in times of trouble.
- Daniel 9:26 - Then after the sixty-two weeks [of years] the Anointed One will be cut off [and denied His Messianic kingdom] and have nothing [and no one to defend Him], and the people of the [other] prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
- Deuteronomy 17:1 - “You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or sheep with a blemish or any defect, for that is a detestable thing to the Lord your God.
- Matthew 12:28 - But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you [before you expected it].
- 1 Peter 2:22 - He committed no sin, nor was deceit ever found in His mouth.
- Acts 14:15 - “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are only men of the same nature as you, bringing the good news to you, so that you turn from these useless and meaningless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them.
- John 3:34 - For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaiming the Father’s own message]; for God gives the [gift of the] Spirit without measure [generously and boundlessly]!
- Romans 11:24 - For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these who are the natural branches back into [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree?
- 1 Timothy 3:15 - in case I am delayed, so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 - He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness].
- Romans 1:20 - For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense.
- Luke 4:18 - “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah), Because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed (downtrodden, bruised, crushed by tragedy),
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 - What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said: “I will dwell among them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- Leviticus 22:20 - You shall not offer anything which has a blemish, because it will not be accepted for you.
- Daniel 6:26 - I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to [reverently] fear and tremble before the God of Daniel, For He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever, And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be forever.
- Romans 11:12 - Now if Israel’s transgression means riches for the world [at large] and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment and reinstatement be!
- Matthew 20:28 - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [paying the price to set them free from the penalty of sin].”
- Galatians 2:19 - For through the Law I died to the Law and its demands on me [because salvation is provided through the death and resurrection of Christ], so that I might [from now on] live to God.
- Ephesians 2:5 - even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).
- Hebrews 10:2 - For if it were otherwise, would not these sacrifices have stopped being offered? For the worshipers, having once [for all time] been cleansed, would no longer have a consciousness of sin.
- Luke 1:74 - To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear,
- Ephesians 5:2 - and walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.
- Jeremiah 10:10 - But the Lord is the true God and the God who is Truth; He is the living God and the everlasting King. The earth quakes and shudders at His wrath, And the nations are not able to endure His indignation.
- Romans 6:22 - But now since you have been set free from sin and have become [willing] slaves to God, you have your benefit, resulting in sanctification [being made holy and set apart for God’s purpose], and the outcome [of this] is eternal life.
- 1 Peter 4:2 - so that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living for human appetites and desires, but [lives] for the will and purpose of God.
- Revelation 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who [always] loves us and who [has once for all] freed us [or washed us] from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)—
- Romans 6:13 - Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer yourselves to God [in a decisive act] as those alive [raised] from the dead [to a new life], and your members [all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart] as instruments of righteousness [yielded] to God.
- Hebrews 6:1 - Therefore let us get past the elementary stage in the teachings about the Christ, advancing on to maturity and perfection and spiritual completeness, [doing this] without laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
- Hebrews 1:3 - The Son is the radiance and only expression of the glory of [our awesome] God [reflecting God’s Shekinah glory, the Light-being, the brilliant light of the divine], and the exact representation and perfect imprint of His [Father’s] essence, and upholding and maintaining and propelling all things [the entire physical and spiritual universe] by His powerful word [carrying the universe along to its predetermined goal]. When He [Himself and no other] had [by offering Himself on the cross as a sacrifice for sin] accomplished purification from sins and established our freedom from guilt, He sat down [revealing His completed work] at the right hand of the Majesty on high [revealing His Divine authority],
- Titus 2:14 - who [willingly] gave Himself [to be crucified] on our behalf to redeem us and purchase our freedom from all wickedness, and to purify for Himself a chosen and very special people to be His own possession, who are enthusiastic for doing what is good.
- Hebrews 7:27 - who has no day by day need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices, first of all for his own [personal] sins and then for those of the people, because He [met all the requirements and] did this once for all when He offered up Himself [as a willing sacrifice].
- 1 Peter 2:24 - He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross [willingly offering Himself on it, as on an altar of sacrifice], so that we might die to sin [becoming immune from the penalty and power of sin] and live for righteousness; for by His wounds you [who believe] have been healed.
- 1 Peter 3:18 - For indeed Christ died for sins once for all, the Just and Righteous for the unjust and unrighteous [the Innocent for the guilty] so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit;
- 1 Peter 1:19 - but [you were actually purchased] with precious blood, like that of a [sacrificial] lamb unblemished and spotless, the priceless blood of Christ.
- Hebrews 9:12 - He went once for all into the Holy Place [the Holy of Holies of heaven, into the presence of God], and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, having obtained and secured eternal redemption [that is, the salvation of all who personally believe in Him as Savior].
- Hebrews 10:22 - let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.