Hebrews 9:23-Hebrews 10:18 - Christ's Death Takes Away Sins

²³ It was needful therefore that the copies of the things in Heaven should be cleansed in this way, but that the heavenly things themselves should be cleansed with more costly sacrifices. ²⁴ For not into a Holy place built by men's hands--a mere copy of the reality--did Christ enter, but He entered Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. ²⁵ Nor did He enter for the purpose of many times offering Himself in sacrifice, just as the High Priest enters the Holy place, year after year, taking with him blood not his own. ²⁶ In that case Christ would have needed to suffer many times, from the creation of the world onwards; but as a matter of fact He has appeared once for all, at the Close of the Ages, in order to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. ²⁷ And since it is reserved for all mankind once to die, and afterwards to be judged; ²⁸ so the Christ also, having been once offered in sacrifice in order that He might bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, separated from sin, to those who are eagerly expecting Him, to make their salvation complete.

¹ For, since the Law exhibits only an outline of the blessings to come and not a perfect representation of the things themselves, the priests can never, by repeating the same sacrifices which they continually offer year after year, give complete freedom from sin to those who draw near. ² For then would not the sacrifices have ceased to be offered, because the consciences of the worshippers--who in that case would now have been cleansed once for all--would no longer be burdened with sins? ³ But in those sacrifices sins are recalled to memory year after year. ⁴ For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

⁵ That is why, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering Thou has not desired, but a body Thou hast prepared for Me. ⁶ In whole burnt-offerings and in sin-offerings Thou hast taken no pleasure. ⁷ Then I said, 'I have come--in the roll of the book it is written concerning Me--to do Thy will, O God.'"

⁸ After saying the words I have just quoted, "Sacrifices and offerings or whole burnt-offerings and sin-offerings Thou hast not desired or taken pleasure in" --all such being offered in obedience to the Law-- ⁹ He then adds, "I have come to do Thy will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰ It is through that divine will that we have been set free from sin, through the offering of Jesus Christ as our sacrifice once for all.

¹¹ And while every priest stands ministering, day after day, and constantly offering the same sacrifices--though such can never rid us of our sins-- ¹² this Priest, on the contrary, after offering for sins a single sacrifice of perpetual efficacy, took His seat at God's right hand, ¹³ waiting from that time onward until His enemies be put as a footstool under His feet. ¹⁴ For by a single offering He has for ever completed the blessing for those whom He is setting free from sin. ¹⁵ And the Holy Spirit also gives us His testimony; for when He had said,

¹⁶ "'This is the Covenant that I will make with them after those days,' says the Lord: 'I will put My laws upon their hearts and will write them on their minds;'"

¹⁷ He adds, "And their sins and offences I will remember no longer."

¹⁸ But where these have been forgiven no further offering for sin is required.