Study it in the app“For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the realities, can never, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually year after year, make those who draw near perfect.”
Forγὰρthe law,ὁ νόμοςhavingἔχωνa shadowΣκιὰνof the good thingsτῶν ἀγαθῶνto come,μελλόντωνnotοὐκthe veryαὐτὴνimageτὴν εἰκόναof the realities,τῶν πραγμάτωνcan never,οὐδέποτε δύναταιby the sameταῖς αὐταῖςsacrificesθυσίαιςthatἃςthey offerπροσφέρουσινcontinuallyεἰς τὸ διηνεκὲςyear after year,κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸνmakeτελειῶσαιthose who draw nearτοὺς προσερχομένουςperfect.τελειῶσαι
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomos” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōn” appearsshade, shadow
Shadow, shade.
Where else “Skian” appearspossessions
What one owns, possessions.
Where else “agathōn” appearscoming
What has not yet arrived: the new world.
Where else “mellontōn” appearsimage
Image, likeness.
Where else “eikona” appearsmatter
The matter at hand, or anything at all.
Where else “pragmatōn” appearsnever
Never.
Where else “oudepote” appearscan, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynatai” appearssacrifice
What was offered to God on the altar.
Where else “thysiais” appearsoffer
To present a sacrifice or gift to God.
Where else “prospherousin” appearscontinually, forever
Continuous, without interruption; "for all time", without a break.
Where else “diēnekes” appearsyear
Year.
Where else “eniauton” appearsmake perfect
To bring something to its fullness, lacking nothing.
Where else “teleiōsai” appearsdraw near
To come before God to pray to him or worship him.
Where else “proserchomenous” appearsMany manuscripts read “they can never.”
1 · This verse (above)
2Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, once purified, would have no consciousness of sins any longer?
