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But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much more will his blood wash from our minds our feelings of guilt for committing sin! Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.
Reference
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: ἄνευ (áneu)
without
Greek: ἕκαστος (hékastos)
each or every
Hebrew: nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Hebrew: gêh
this
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: chêçen
strength
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἀΐδιος (aḯdios)
everduring (forward and backward, or forward only)
Greek: ὅσιος (hósios)
and from G40 (ἅγιος), which relates to purity from defilement), i.e. hallowed (pious, sacred, sure)
Greek: φάντασμα (phántasma)
(properly concrete) a (mere) show ("phantasm"), i.e. spectre
Hebrew: kᵉnêmâʼ
so or thus
Greek: μήτιγε (mḗtige)
not at all then, i.e. not to say (the rather still)
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: αἷμα (haîma)
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
Hebrew: Nêtsach
juice of the grape (as blood red)
Greek: ἀπονίπτω (aponíptō)
to wash off (reflexively, one's own hands symbolically)
Greek: ἐγγύς (engýs)
near
Greek: ἡμῖν (hēmîn)
to (or for, with, by) us
Greek: ἡμῖν (hēmîn)
to (or for, with, by) us
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: ἁμάρτημα (hamártēma)
a sin (properly concrete)
Hebrew: chăṭîy
an offence
Greek: ἁμάρτημα (hamártēma)
a sin (properly concrete)
Hebrew: chăṭîy
an offence
Greek: ἀεί (aeí)
"ever," by qualification regularly; by implication, earnestly
Greek: τελευτή (teleutḗ)
decease
Hebrew: Mûwth
'To die for the son', probably the title of a popular song
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Greek: νυνί (nyní)
just now
Hebrew: ʼĕdayin
then (of time)
Hebrew: ʼănûw
we
Greek: λατρεύω (latreúō)
to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Blood
1 Peter 1:19
1 John 1:7
Eternal Life
Hebrews 9:12
Parallel theme
Hebrews 10:22
1 Peter 2:24
Hebrews 7:27
Titus 2:14
Hebrews 1:3
References God
1 Peter 4:2
Spirit
1 Peter 3:18
Verse Explanation
Christ's blood is presented as far more powerful because He offered Himself through the eternal Spirit without moral defect to cleanse the conscience from dead works so believers can serve the living God.
History
1st century AD: Early Christianity understood Christ's sacrificial death as the fulfillment of the Old Testament sacrificial system.