diff --git a/59-HEB/10.usfm b/59-HEB/10.usfm index bc761121..dd4552d3 100644 --- a/59-HEB/10.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/10.usfm @@ -2,16 +2,12 @@ \s5 \c 10 - - \p \v 1 The law does not show very well the good things that God will give us later. The law is like a shadow of something else. If people come to worship God by offering the same kinds of sacrifices every year, they can never become perfect. \v 2 If God had removed the guilt of those who brought these sacrifices, they would not feel that they were still guilty. So they would certainly have stopped offering those sacrifices! \v 3 But rather, the fact that they offer those sacrifices each year reminds them that they are still guilty for their sins. \v 4 So we know that even if we offer animals such as bulls or goats to God, even if he sees their blood flow, that will not stop us from being guilty. - - \s5 \p \v 5 That is why, as Christ was coming into the world, he said to his Father, @@ -31,8 +27,6 @@ \v 9 Then, concerning his offering himself as a sacrifice to atone for people's sin, he said, "Listen! I have come here to do what you want me to do!" Thus Christ got rid of the first way of atoning for sin, in order to establish the second way of atoning for sin. \v 10 Because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do, God set us apart for himself. This happened when Jesus Christ offered his own body once as a sacrifice, a sacrifice that he will never need to repeat. - - \s5 \p \v 11 As every priest stands daily in front of the altar, he performs rituals and offers the same kind of sacrifices that could never remove the guilt for anyone's sins. @@ -57,8 +51,6 @@ \p \v 18 When God has forgiven someone's sins, that person does not need to make any more offerings to make up for his sin! - - \s5 \p \v 19 So, my fellow believers, because we trust in what Jesus accomplished when his own blood flowed for us, we can confidently go into God's very presence that was symbolized by the very holy place in the sacred tent. @@ -71,8 +63,6 @@ \v 24 And let us think how each of us can best encourage each other to love one another and to do good deeds. \v 25 We must not cease assembling ourselves to worship the Lord, as some people have done. Instead, each one of us must encourage the others. Let us do that all the more since we know that the time that the Lord will return is near. - - \s5 \p \v 26 If we deliberately and habitually sin after we have known the true message about Christ, no other sacrifice will help us. @@ -86,8 +76,6 @@ \v 30 We can be sure of this, since we know that God said, "The right and power to give people what they deserve for having sinned belongs to me. I will punish them as they deserve." And Moses wrote, "The Lord will judge his people." \v 31 It will be a terrible thing if the all-powerful God who really lives seizes and punishes you! - - \s5 \p \v 32 Remember the earlier times when you first understood the truth about Christ. You endured much hardship, and when you suffered, you continued to trust God.