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Hebrews 10

Heb. 10:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
by one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
offering
prosphora (Greek #4376)
presentation; concretely, an oblation (bloodless) or sacrifice
KJV usage: offering (up).
Pronounce: pros-for-ah'
Origin: from 4374
he hathf perfected
teleioo (Greek #5048)
to complete, i.e. (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate (in character)
KJV usage: consecrate, finish, fulfil, make) perfect.
Pronounce: tel-i-o'-o
Origin: from 5046
for
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
ever
dienekes (Greek #1336)
carried through, i.e. (adverbially with 1519 and 3588 prefixed) perpetually
KJV usage: + continually, for ever.
Pronounce: dee-ay-nek-es'
Origin: neuter of a compound of 1223 and a derivative of an alternate of 5342
them that are sanctified
hagiazo (Greek #37)
to make holy, i.e. (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate
KJV usage: hallow, be holy, sanctify.
Pronounce: hag-ee-ad'-zo
Origin: from 40
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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Heb. 10:1• 1For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect those who approach. (Heb. 10:1)

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Forever,
Offering; Offering Up,
Sanctify

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Heb. 10:1• 1For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect those who approach. (Heb. 10:1)
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Heb. 7:19,25• 19(for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.
 25Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them. (Heb. 7:19,25)
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Heb. 9:10,14• 10consisting only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until the time of setting things right.
 14how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God? (Heb. 9:10,14)
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Heb. 2:11• 11For both he that sanctifies and those sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Heb. 2:11)
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Heb. 6:13‑14• 13For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
 14saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee; (Heb. 6:13‑14)
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Heb. 13:12• 12Wherefore also Jesus, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate: (Heb. 13:12)
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Acts 20:32• 32And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give to you an inheritance among all the sanctified. (Acts 20:32)
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Acts 26:13• 13at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me. (Acts 26:13)
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Rom. 15:16• 16for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the message of glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:16)
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1 Cor. 1:2• 2to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both theirs and ours: (1 Cor. 1:2)
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Eph. 5:26• 26in order that he might sanctify it, purifying it by the washing of water by the word, (Eph. 5:26)
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Jude 1• 1Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ: (Jude 1)
• Perfected Himself as risen and glorified, He has perfected those set apart to God. Both the perfecting here and the sanctification in Heb. 10:10 are completed actions, the effect of which does not pass away. (“Hebrews 10:8-14” by W. Kelly)
• The Father and the Son could do no more for our sins than is already accomplished in the sacrifice of Jesus, and revealed to our faith in the written word. There is growth, there ought to be advance, and there may be declension, in holiness; but this is not the question here, which treats of the Christian standing through Christ's offering. And this admits of no degrees. It is always perfect for every believer. (“Hebrews 10:8-14” by W. Kelly)
• Here (vs. 14) as in verse 12, on which the latter depends, the word “forever” has the force of permanence—uninterrupted continuity. He is ever seated, we are ever perfected, by virtue of His work. (“Hebrews 10” by J.N. Darby)
• Not only has Christ sat down forever, but believers are sanctified forever. If Christ has sat down in perpetuity, then believers are perfected in perpetuity. (“The Purged Conscience: Hebrews 10:1-18” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For by one offering he has perfected in perpetuitye the sanctifiedg.

JND Translation Notes

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e
See Note b, ch. 5.6. Having perfectly completed the work, he could sit down, and abide so, having done all; it is in contrast with the priests. They stood daily; he is set down "for a continuance." Connecting "in perpetuity" with sacrifice spoils the whole force of the passage.
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Not "being," nor "having been," "sanctified", but the objects of this operation, those about whom God was doing this. As to date, "we have been sanctified," ver. 10.

W. Kelly Translation

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For by one offering he hath perfected continuouslya the sanctifiedb.

WK Translation Notes

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a
By one offering Christ has perfected uninteruuptedly the sanctified. His saints have been perfected without a break to disturb their acceptance, as freed from their sins by His blood. Their communion may be interrupted, and is by every sin allowed; their clearance from guilt is as perfect as His work can effect. Out of communion we are powerless and fail to enjoy; and His advocacy restores our souls by the washing of water by the word which gives self-judgment. But the standing of the believer is in Christ and according to the value of a work which has so purged the worshipper that they have, as 10:2 Says, no more conscience of sins. The conscience is so purged as to know that all one’s sins are gone before God.
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The present participle may be used abstractedly apart from the question of the action or the passion. But the perfect necessarily gives the permanent result of a terminated action, and therefore affirms that we have been and are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. It is no question of God’s counsel respecting us, but of a present abiding effect of Christ’s finished work. To translate it therefore as "them who are being sanctified" is to prove that we have never seen the true spirit of the passage, and that we do not understand the apostle’s doctrine.