And Abel,
he also brought
of the firstlings
of his flock
and of the fat
thereof.
And the LORD
had respect
unto Abel
and to his offering:
And he said,
Take now
thy son,
thine only son Isaac,
whom thou lovest,
and get thee
into the land
of Moriah;
and offer him there for a
burnt
offering
upon one
of the mountains
which I
will tell thee of.
Your lamb
shall be
without blemish,
a male
of the first year:
ye shall take it out
from the sheep,
or from the goats:
And thus
shall
ye eat it;
with your loins girded,
your shoes
on your feet,
and your staff
in your hand;
and
ye shall eat it
in haste:
it is the LORD's passover.
And this day
shall be unto you
for a memorial;
and
ye shall keep it
a feast
to the LORD
throughout your generations;
ye shall keep it
a feast
by an ordinance
for ever.
And Moses
took the blood,
and sprinkled
it on the people,
and said,
Behold the blood
of the covenant,
which the LORD
hath made
with you
concerning all
these words.
For on that day
shall
the priest
make an atonement
for you,
to cleanse you,
that ye
may be
clean
from all
your sins
before the LORD.
And this
shall be
an everlasting statute
unto you,
to make an atonement
for the children
of Israel
for all their sins once
a year.
And he
did as the LORD
commanded Moses.
For the life
of the flesh
is in the blood:
and
I have given it
to you
upon the altar
to make an atonement
for your souls:
for it
is the blood
that maketh
an atonement
for the soul.
Sacrifice
and offering
thou didst not desire;
mine ears
hast
thou opened:
burnt
offering
and sin
offering
hast
thou not required.
Surely
he hath borne
our griefs,
and carried
our sorrows:
yet
we did esteem him
stricken,
smitten of God,
and afflicted.
But
he was wounded
for our transgressions,
he was bruised
for our iniquities:
the chastisement
of our peace
was upon him;
and
with his stripes
we are healed.
All we like sheep
have gone astray;
we have turned every one
to his own way;
and the LORD
hath laid
on him the iniquity
of us all.
He was oppressed,
and
he was afflicted,
yet
he opened not
his mouth:
he is brought as a lamb
to the slaughter,
and as a sheep
before her shearers
is dumb,
so he
openeth not
his mouth.
He was taken
from prison
and from judgment:
and
who shall declare
his generation?
for he
was cut off
out of the land
of the living:
for the transgression
of my people
was he stricken.
Yet it
pleased
the LORD
to bruise him;
he hath put him
to grief:
when
thou shalt make
his soul an offering
for sin,
he shall see
his seed,
he shall prolong
his days,
and
the pleasure
of the LORD
shall prosper
in his hand.
He shall see of the travail
of his soul,
and shall be satisfied:
by his knowledge
shall my righteous servant
justify many;
for he
shall bear
their iniquities.
Therefore will
I divide him
a portion
with the great,
and
he shall divide
the spoil
with the strong;
because
he hath poured
out his soul
unto death:
and
he was numbered
with the transgressors;
and
he bare
the sin
of many,
and made intercession
for the transgressors.
In that day
there shall be
a fountain
opened
to the house
of David
and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
for sin and
for uncleanness.
Even as the Son
of man
came not
to be ministered unto,
but to minister,
and
to give his life
a ransom
for many.
For this
is my blood
of the new testament,
which is
shed for many
for the remission
of sins.
For mine
eyes
have seen
thy salvation,
Which thou
hast prepared before the face
of all people;
And
said unto them,
Thus it
is written,
and thus it
behoved
Christ to suffer,
and to rise from the dead
the third day:
The next day John
seeth
Jesus
coming unto him,
and saith,
Behold the Lamb
of God,
which taketh away
the sin
of the world.
I am
the living bread which
came down
from heaven:
if any man
eat of this bread,
he shall live
for ever:
and the bread that
I will give
is my flesh,
which I
will give
for the life
of the world.
Take heed therefore
unto yourselves,
and
to all the flock,
over the which the Holy Ghost
hath made
you overseers,
to feed the church
of God,
which he
hath purchased
with his own blood.
Being justified freely
by his grace
through the redemption
that is
in Christ Jesus:
Whom God
hath
set forth
to be a propitiation
through faith
in his blood,
to declare
his righteousness
for the remission
of sins
that are past,
through the forbearance
of God;
To declare,
I say,
at this time
his righteousness:
that he
might be just,
and the justifier
of him which believeth
in Jesus.
Who was delivered
for our offences,
and was raised again
for our justification.
Therefore being justified
by faith,
we have peace
with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ:
For when
we were yet
without strength,
in due time
Christ
died
for the ungodly.
For scarcely for a
righteous man
will
one die:
yet peradventure for a
good man some
would even dare
to die.
But God
commendeth
his love
toward us,
in that,
while we
were yet sinners,
Christ
died for us.
Much more then,
being now justified
by his blood,
we shall be saved
from wrath
through him.
For if,
when
we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God
by the death
of his Son,
much more,
being reconciled,
we shall be saved
by his life.
And not only so,
but
we also joy
in God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom
we have now received
the atonement.
But not as the offence,
so also is
the free gift.
For if
through the offence
of one many
be dead,
much more
the grace of God,
and the gift
by grace,
which is by one man,
Jesus Christ,
hath abounded
unto many.
And not as it
was by one
that sinned,
so is the gift:
for the judgment
was by one
to condemnation,
but the free
gift is of many offences
unto justification.
For if
by one man's offence
death
reigned
by one;
much more
they
which receive abundance
of grace
and of the gift
of righteousness
shall reign
in life
by one,
Jesus Christ.)
Therefore as
by the offence
of one judgment
came upon all men
to condemnation;
even so
by the righteousness
of one
the free gift
came upon all men
unto justification
of life.
For as by one man's disobedience
many were made
sinners,
so by the obedience
of one
shall
many be made righteous.
Moreover the law entered,
that the offence
might abound.
But
where sin abounded,
grace did much more abound:
That as
sin
hath reigned
unto death,
even so
might grace
reign
through righteousness
unto eternal life
by Jesus Christ our Lord.
But we
preach Christ crucified,
unto the Jews
a stumblingblock,
and
unto the Greeks foolishness;
But we
speak
the wisdom
of God
in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom,
which God
ordained
before the world
unto our glory:
Purge out therefore
the old leaven,
that ye
may be
a new lump,
as ye
are unleavened.
For even
Christ our passover
is sacrificed for us:
For I delivered
unto you
first of all
that which
I also received,
how that Christ
died
for our sins
according to the scriptures;
And all things
are of God,
who hath reconciled us
to himself
by Jesus Christ,
and hath given
to us the ministry
of reconciliation;
To wit,
that God
was in Christ,
reconciling the world
unto himself,
not imputing
their trespasses
unto them;
and hath committed
unto us the word
of reconciliation.
Who gave himself
for our sins,
that he
might deliver us
from this present evil world,
according to the will
of God
and our Father:
Christ
hath redeemed us
from the curse
of the law,
being made a curse
for us:
for it
is written,
Cursed is every one
that hangeth on a tree:
But
when the fulness
of the time
was come,
God sent
forth his Son,
made of a woman,
made under the law,
To redeem them
that were under the law,
that we
might receive
the adoption
of sons.
Blessed
be
the God
and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly places
in Christ:
According as he
hath chosen us
in him
before the foundation
of the world,
that we
should be holy
and
without blame
before him
in love:
Having predestinated us
unto the adoption
of children
by Jesus Christ
to himself,
according to
the good pleasure
of his will,
To the praise
of the glory
of his grace,
wherein he
hath made us
accepted
in the beloved.
In whom
we have redemption
through his blood,
the forgiveness
of sins,
according to
the riches
of his grace;
Wherein he
hath abounded toward us
in all wisdom
and prudence;
Having made
known
unto us the mystery
of his will,
according to
his good pleasure
which he
hath purposed
in himself:
That in the dispensation
of the fulness
of times
he might gather together
in one all things
in Christ,
both which
are in heaven,
and which
are on earth;
even in him:
In whom also
we have obtained
an inheritance,
being predestinated according to
the purpose
of him who
worketh
all things
after the counsel
of his own will:
That we
should be to the praise
of his glory,
who first trusted
in Christ.
That the God
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father
of glory,
may give
unto you the spirit
of wisdom
and revelation
in the knowledge
of him:
The eyes
of your understanding
being enlightened;
that ye
may know
what is the hope
of his calling,
and
what the riches
of the glory
of his inheritance
in the saints,
And what
is
the exceeding greatness
of his power
to us-ward
who believe,
according to
the working
of his mighty power,
Which he
wrought
in Christ,
when
he raised him
from the dead,
and set him
at his own right
hand in
the heavenly places,
Far above all principality,
and power,
and might,
and dominion,
and every name
that is named,
not only in this world,
but also in that which
is to come:
And hath put all things
under his feet,
and gave him to be
the head
over all things
to the church,
But God,
who is rich in mercy,
for his great
love wherewith
he loved us,
Even
when we
were dead
in sins,
hath quickened
us together
with Christ,
(by grace
ye are saved;)
And hath raised us up
together,
and made us
sit together
in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus:
That in the ages
to come
he might shew
the exceeding riches
of his grace
in his kindness
toward us
through Christ Jesus.
For by
grace
are ye
saved
through faith;
and
that not of yourselves:
it is the gift
of God:
Not of works,
lest any man
should boast.
For we
are his workmanship,
created
in Christ Jesus
unto good works,
which God
hath
before
ordained
that we
should walk in them.
But now in Christ Jesus
ye who
sometimes were far
off are made nigh
by the blood
of Christ.
Having abolished
in his flesh the enmity,
even
the law
of commandments
contained
in ordinances;
for to make
in himself
of twain one new man,
so making peace;
And walk in love,
as Christ
also hath loved us,
and hath given himself
for us an offering
and a
sacrifice
to God
for a sweetsmelling savour.
For it
pleased
the Father
that in him should all
fulness dwell;
And,
having made peace
through the blood
of his cross,
by him
to reconcile all things
unto himself;
by him,
I say,
whether they
be things
in earth,
or things
in heaven.
Who died for us,
that,
whether we
wake or sleep,
we should live together with him.
Who gave himself a ransom
for all,
to be testified
in due time.
Who gave himself for us,
that he
might redeem us
from all iniquity,
and purify
unto himself
a peculiar people,
zealous
of good works.
But we
see Jesus,
who was made
a little lower
than the angels
for the suffering
of death,
crowned with glory
and honour;
that he by the grace
of God
should taste death
for every man.
Who needeth
not daily,
as those high priests,
to offer
up sacrifice,
first for his own sins,
and
then
for the people's:
for this
he did once,
when he
offered
up himself.
But into the second
went the high priest alone
once every year,
not without blood,
which he
offered
for himself,
and
for the errors
of the people:
Neither by the blood of goats
and calves,
but by his own
blood
he entered in
once into the holy place,
having obtained
eternal redemption
for us.
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?
And
for this cause
he is the mediator
of the new testament,
that by means
of death,
for the redemption
of the transgressions
that were under the first testament,
they which
are called
might receive
the promise
of eternal inheritance.
Saying,
This
is
the blood
of the testament which God
hath enjoined
unto you.
And
almost all things
are
by the law
purged
with blood;
and
without shedding
of blood
is no remission.
For Christ
is not entered
into the holy places
made with hands,
which are the figures
of the true;
but into heaven
itself,
now to appear in the presence
of God for us:
Nor yet
that he
should offer himself often,
as the high priest
entereth into the holy place every year
with blood of others;
For then
must
he often have suffered
since the foundation
of the world:
but now once in the end
of the world
hath
he appeared
to put
away
sin
by the sacrifice
of himself.
And as it
is appointed
unto men once
to die,
but after this
the judgment:
So Christ
was once offered
to bear the sins
of many;
and unto them that
look for him
shall
he appear
the second time
without sin
unto salvation.
For the law
having a shadow
of good things
to come,
and
not the very
image
of the things,
can never
with those sacrifices
which they
offered
year by year
continually make the comers
thereunto perfect.
For it
is not possible
that the blood
of bulls
and of goats
should take away sins.
In burnt offerings
and sacrifices
for sin
thou hast had
no pleasure.
By the which
will
we are sanctified
through the offering
of the body
of Jesus Christ
once for all.
And every priest
standeth
daily ministering
and offering oftentimes
the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins:
But this man,
after he
had offered
one
sacrifice
for sins
for ever,
sat down
on the right hand
of God;
For by one
offering
he hath perfected
for ever
them
that are sanctified.
By faith
Abel
offered
unto God
a more excellent
sacrifice
than Cain,
by which
he obtained
witness that
he was righteous,
God testifying
of his gifts:
and by it
he being dead
yet speaketh.
By faith Abraham,
when
he was tried,
offered up Isaac:
and
he that
had received
the promises
offered
up his only begotten son,
Accounting that God
was able
to raise him up,
even from the dead;
from whence also
he received him
in a figure.
Wherefore Jesus also,
that he
might sanctify
the people
with his own blood,
suffered
without the gate.
Whom having not seen,
ye love;
in whom,
though now
ye see him not,
yet believing,
ye rejoice
with joy
unspeakable
and full of glory:
Receiving the end
of your faith,
even the salvation
of your souls.
Of which
salvation the prophets
have enquired
and searched diligently,
who prophesied
of the grace
that should come
unto you:
Searching what,
or what manner
of time
the Spirit
of Christ which
was
in them did signify,
when it
testified beforehand
the sufferings
of Christ,
and the glory
that should follow.
Unto whom
it was revealed,
that not unto themselves,
but unto us they
did minister
the things,
which are now reported
unto you
by them that
have preached
the gospel
unto you
with the Holy Ghost
sent down
from heaven;
which things the angels
desire
to look into.
Forasmuch as ye
know
that ye
were not redeemed
with corruptible things,
as silver
and gold,
from your vain conversation
received
by tradition
from your fathers;
But with the precious blood
of Christ,
as of a lamb
without blemish
and without spot:
Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation
of the world,
but was
manifest
in these last times
for you,
Who his own self bare
our sins
in his own body
on the tree,
that we,
being dead
to sins,
should live
unto righteousness:
by whose stripes
ye were healed.
For Christ
also hath once suffered
for sins,
the just for the unjust,
that he
might bring us
to God,
being put
to death
in the flesh,
but quickened
by the Spirit:
But
if we
walk
in the light,
as he
is in the light,
we have fellowship one
with another,
and the blood
of Jesus Christ
his Son
cleanseth us
from all sin.
And
he is the propitiation
for our sins:
and not for our's only,
but also for the sins
of the whole world.
And
ye know
that he
was manifested
to take away
our sins;
and in him is
no sin.
Herein is love,
not
that we
loved God,
but that
he loved us,
and sent
his Son
to be the propitiation
for our sins.
This is
he that
came
by water
and blood,
even Jesus Christ;
not by water only,
but by water
and blood.
And it
is the Spirit
that beareth witness,
because
the Spirit is truth.
And
from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness,
and the first begotten
of the dead,
and the prince
of the kings
of the earth.
Unto him that
loved us,
and washed us
from our sins
in his own blood,
And
they sung
a new song,
saying,
Thou art worthy
to take the book,
and
to open the seals
thereof:
for thou
wast slain,
and hast redeemed us
to God
by thy blood
out of every kindred,
and tongue,
and people,
and nation;
And
I said unto him,
Sir,
thou knowest.
And
he said to me,
These
are
they which
came
out of great tribulation,
and have washed
their robes,
and made them white
in the blood
of the Lamb.
And
they overcame him by the blood
of the Lamb,
and by the word
of their testimony;
and
they loved not
their lives
unto the death.
And all that
dwell
upon the earth
shall worship him,
whose names
are not written
in the book
of life
of the Lamb
slain
from the foundation
of the world.