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Hebrews 9:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 14 how much more will the blood of the Christ,+ who through an everlasting spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works+ so that we may render sacred service to the living God?+

Hebrews 9:14

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 14 πόσῳ to how much μᾶλλον rather τὸ the αἷμα blood τοῦ of the χριστοῦ, Christ, ὃς who διὰ through πνεύματος spirit αἰωνίου everlasting ἑαυτὸν himself προσήνεγκεν he bore toward ἄμωμον unblemished τῷ to the θεῷ, God, καθαριεῖ it will cleanse τὴν the συνείδησιν conscience ἡμῶν of us ἀπὸ from νεκρῶν dead ἔργων works εἰς into τὸ the λατρεύειν to be rendering sacred service θεῷ to God ζῶντι. living.

Hebrews 9:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 14 how much more will the blood+ of the Christ, who through an everlasting spirit offered+ himself without blemish to God, cleanse+ our consciences from dead works+ that we may render sacred service+ to [the] living God?

Hebrews 9:14

The Bible in Living English
- 14 ** how much more will the blood of the Christ, who by the working of an eternal Spirit offered himself as a faultless oblation to God, cleanse our conscience from the corpses of our deeds for worshiping a living God!

Hebrews 9:14

American Standard Version
- 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Hebrews 9:14

The Emphasized Bible
- 14 How much rather shall the blood of the Christ Who through an age-abiding spirit Offered himself unspotted unto God Purify our conscience from dead works To the rendering of divine-service unto a Living God?

Hebrews 9:14

King James Version
- 14 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?

Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 9:14
  
  through an everlasting spirit: That is, God’s holy spirit. That spirit had anointed, empowered, and led Jesus, qualifying him to serve as the ransom sacrifice. In that sense, Christ offered himself “through,” or by means of, God’s “everlasting spirit.” Moreover, Jesus’ sacrifice made it possible for his followers to gain “an everlasting deliverance” and “the everlasting inheritance.” (Heb 9:12 and study note, 15 and study note) His sacrifice was without blemish, for he had never sinned.
  
  cleanse our consciences: “The blood of the Christ” can “cleanse [the] consciences” of those who exercise faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. Those who have had their conscience cleansed “from dead works” can feel assured that their sins are forgiven. (Col 1:14; see study note on Heb 9:9; for the expression “dead works,” see study note on Heb 6:1.) By contrast, the sacrifices under the Mosaic Law could not provide full forgiveness.—Heb 10:1, 11, 12.
  
  render sacred service to the living God: See study notes on Mt 4:10; 2Ti 1:3; Heb 3:12.