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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 the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. |
For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, (some, they) can never by the same sacrifices year by year which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. |
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The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming – not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. |
For since the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the good things to come – instead of fully expressing those things – it can never by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year make perfect those who approach [its altars]. |
For the law having a shadow of the good things about to be, and not the image itself of the actual things, is never able by means of the same sacrifices which they are offering year after year, continually to make those who come to it complete, |
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The Law possessed only a dim outline of the benefits Christ would bring and did not actually reproduce them. Consequently it was incapable of perfecting the souls of those who offered their regular annual sacrifices. |
For since the law cast only a shadow of the blessings to come and did not possess the reality itself of those blessings, the priests with the same sacrifices that are perpetually offered year after year cannot make perfect those who come to worship. |
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- The Pattern of the Tent; From Tent To Temple - George Warnock Few believers seem to realize that the pattern changes as one temple replaces another - the temple that has gone into ruin and later restored is vastly different than the original structure.