Hebrews 1:3
3He is the radiance of the glory of God and athe exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. bAfter making purification for sins, che sat down dat the right hand of the Majesty on high,Hebrews 9:10-14
10but deal only with efood and drink and fvarious washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.Redemption Through the Blood of Christ
11But when Christ appeared as a high priest gof the good things that have come, ▼▼Some manuscripts good things to come
then through ithe greater and more perfect tent ( jnot made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12he kentered lonce for all into the holy places, not by means of mthe blood of goats and calves but nby means of his own blood, othus securing an eternal redemption. 13For if pthe blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with qthe ashes of a heifer, sanctify ▼▼Or For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies
for the purification of the flesh, 14how much more will sthe blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit toffered himself without blemish to God, upurify our ▼▼Some manuscripts your
conscience wfrom dead works xto serve the living God. Hebrews 10:10-14
10And by that will ywe have been sanctified through the offering of zthe body of Jesus Christ aaonce for all.11And every priest stands abdaily at his service, acoffering repeatedly the same sacrifices, adwhich can never take away sins. 12But when Christ ▼
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had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he afsat down at the right hand of God, 13waiting from that time aguntil his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14For by a single offering ahhe has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. Hebrews 10:19-22
The Full Assurance of Faith
19 aiTherefore, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
since we have confidence to enter akthe holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20by althe new and living way that he opened for us through amthe curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21and since we have ana great priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts aosprinkled clean apfrom an evil conscience and our bodies aqwashed with pure water. Hebrews 12:2
2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, arwho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising asthe shame, and atis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.1 Peter 3:18
18For Christ also ausuffered ▼▼Some manuscripts died
awonce for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, axthat he might bring us to God, being put to death ayin the flesh but made alive azin the spirit, Revelation of John 1:18
18and the living one. baI died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and bbI have the keys of Death and Hades.
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