There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.

So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin.

If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face, we would be helpless.

but the LORD will not abandon them to their enemy's power or let them be condemned when they are on trial.

because he defends the poor and saves them from those who condemn them to death.

When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the LORD, have spoken."

Because of our sins he was given over to die, and he was raised to life in order to put us right with God.

For when we were still helpless, Christ died for the wicked at the time that God chose.

But God has shown us how much he loves us---it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!

We were God's enemies, but he made us his friends through the death of his Son. Now that we are God's friends, how much more will we be saved by Christ's life!

For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead.

In mercy the angel will say, "Release them! They are not to go down to the world of the dead. Here is the ransom to set them free."

like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people."

In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will see me; and because I live, you also will live.

But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse."

Christ did this in order that the blessing which God promised to Abraham might be given to the Gentiles by means of Christ Jesus, so that through faith we might receive the Spirit promised by God.

He reflects the brightness of God's glory and is the exact likeness of God's own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.

since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time when God will establish the new order.

When Christ went through the tent and entered once and for all into the Most Holy Place, he did not take the blood of goats and bulls to offer as a sacrifice; rather, he took his own blood and obtained eternal salvation for us.

Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God.

Because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do, we are all purified from sin by the offering that he made of his own body once and for all.

Christ, however, offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective forever, and then he sat down at the right side of God.

With one sacrifice, then, he has made perfect forever those who are purified from sin.

We have, then, my friends, complete freedom to go into the Most Holy Place by means of the death of Jesus.

We have a great priest in charge of the house of God.

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.

After the Lord Jesus had talked with them, he was taken up to heaven and sat at the right side of God.

"Look!" he said. "I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!"

threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named Saul.

He knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord! Do not remember this sin against them!" He said this and died.

You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God.

The whole point of what we are saying is that we have such a High Priest, who sits at the right of the throne of the Divine Majesty in heaven.

He serves as high priest in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the real tent which was put up by the Lord, not by human hands.

As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.

who has gone to heaven and is at the right side of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers.

And God, who sees into our hearts, knows what the thought of the Spirit is; because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people and in accordance with his will.

And so I will give him a place of honor, a place among the great and powerful. He willingly gave his life and shared the fate of evil men. He took the place of many sinners and prayed that they might be forgiven."

"When that day comes, you will not ask me for anything. I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

When that day comes, you will ask him in my name; and I do not say that I will ask him on your behalf,

for the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me and have believed that I came from God.

"I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me because of their message.

I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be one, just as you and I are one:

"Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made.

Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have a great High Priest who has gone into the very presence of God---Jesus, the Son of God.

Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.

And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.

For Christ did not go into a Holy Place made by human hands, which was a copy of the real one. He went into heaven itself, where he now appears on our behalf in the presence of God.

I am writing this to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf---Jesus Christ, the righteous one.

And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.