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Hebrews 10:14
because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author of Hebrews addresses Jewish Christians tempted to revert to Mosaic worship, writing immediately after noting Christ’s seated position awaiting His enemies’ subjugation.
The words — τετελειωκεν (teteleiōken) means He has brought to completion, and διηνεκὲς (diēnekes) denotes continuous duration without interruption.
The thread — This completion contrasts with the law’s repeated sacrifices that could never perfect worshippers (Hebrews 10:1) and aligns with Christ’s ability to save completely those who approach God through Him (Hebrews 7:25).
Why it lands — The text declares that one historical sacrifice permanently resolves the sanctification of believers, requiring readers to cease seeking repeated atonement and rest in Christ’s finished work.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- Hebrews 10:1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- Hebrews 2:11 For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
- Romans 15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
- Acts 20:32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
- Ephesians 5:26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Hebrews 6:13 When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
- Hebrews 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.