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For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins. <a href="/esv/hebrews/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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! <a href="/blb/hebrews/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God! <a href="/kjv/hebrews/9.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/9.htm">New King James Version</a> how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/nasb/hebrews/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/lsb/hebrews/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/amp/hebrews/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal [Holy] Spirit willingly offered Himself unblemished [that is, without moral or spiritual imperfection as a sacrifice] to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works and lifeless observances to serve the ever living God? <a href="/csb/hebrews/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God? <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/asv/hebrews/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/cev/hebrews/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. This is why his blood is much more powerful and makes our consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death. <a href="/erv/hebrews/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/hebrews/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The blood of Christ, who had no defect, does even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself to God and cleansed our consciences from the useless things we had done. Now we can serve the living God. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God. <a href="/isv/hebrews/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/msb/hebrews/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify your consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/net/hebrews/9.htm">NET Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/wbt/hebrews/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/wey/hebrews/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> how much more certainly shall the blood of Christ, who strengthened by the eternal Spirit offered Himself to God, free from blemish, purify your consciences from lifeless works for you to serve the ever-living God? <a href="/web/hebrews/9.htm">World English Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> how much more will the blood of the Christ (who through the perpetual Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/blb/hebrews/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God! <a href="/ylt/hebrews/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/slt/hebrews/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself blameless to God, purify your consciousness from dead works to serve the living God?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God? <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit has offered himself, immaculate, to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God? <a href="/nabre/hebrews/9.htm">New American Bible</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works so that we may serve the living God? <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> How much more therefore, will the blood of The Messiah, who by The Eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works that we may serve THE LIVING GOD?<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> how much more will the blood of the Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works, in order that you may serve the living God?<CM> <a href="/godbey/hebrews/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/haweis/hebrews/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> how much more shall the blood of Christ, who, by the eternal Spirit, offered up himself in sacrifice without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, that we may perform divine service to the living God?<CM> <a href="/mace/hebrews/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a> how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the holy spirit offered himself a spotless victim to God, purify our souls from deadly sins, to serve the living God? <a href="/wey/hebrews/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> how much more certainly shall the blood of Christ, who strengthened by the eternal Spirit offered Himself to God, free from blemish, purify your consciences from lifeless works for you to serve the ever-living God? <a href="/worrell/hebrews/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? <a href="/worsley/hebrews/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works, that ye may serve the living God? <a href="/parallel/hebrews/9-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=1540" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/9.htm">Redemption through His Blood</a> …13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, 14<a href="/greek/4214.htm" title="4214: posō (IPro-DNS) -- How much, how great, how many. From an absolute pos and hos; interrogative pronoun how much (plural) many).">how much</a> <a href="/greek/3123.htm" title="3123: mallon (Adv) -- More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.">more</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">will the</a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haima (N-NNS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">blood</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">of Christ,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hos (RelPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/166.htm" title="166: aiōniou (Adj-GNS) -- From aion; perpetual.">the eternal</a> <a href="/greek/4151.htm" title="4151: Pneumatos (N-GNS) -- Wind, breath, spirit. ">Spirit</a> <a href="/greek/4374.htm" title="4374: prosēnenken (V-AIA-3S) -- From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat.">offered</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heauton (RefPro-AM3S) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">Himself</a> <a href="/greek/299.htm" title="299: amōmon (Adj-AMS) -- Blameless, without blemish, unblemished, faultless. Unblemished.">unblemished</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theō (N-DMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">to God,</a> <a href="/greek/2511.htm" title="2511: kathariei (V-FIA-3S) -- To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse.">purify</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4893.htm" title="4893: syneidēsin (N-AFS) -- The conscience, a persisting notion. From a prolonged form of suneido; co-perception, i.e. Moral consciousness.">consciences</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/2041.htm" title="2041: ergōn (N-GNP) -- From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.">works</a> <a href="/greek/3498.htm" title="3498: nekrōn (Adj-GNP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">of death,</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">so that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3000.htm" title="3000: latreuein (V-PNA) -- To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage.">we may serve</a> <a href="/greek/2198.htm" title="2198: zōnti (V-PPA-DMS) -- To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.">the living</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theō (N-DMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God!</a> 15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a> For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. <a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a> But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a> and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. <a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5</a> and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, <a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a> For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a> God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Titus 2:14</a> He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a> and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross. <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a> Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” <a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a> This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10-12</a> Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. / After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a> For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a> Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. <a href="/numbers/19-2.htm">Numbers 19:2</a> “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke. <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Psalm 51:2</a> Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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?How.<a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Deuteronomy 31:27</a> For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?<a href="/2_samuel/4-11.htm">2 Samuel 4:11</a> How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?<a href="/job/15-16.htm">Job 15:16</a> How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?the blood.<a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12</a> Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.<a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a> But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:<a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a> But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.who.<a href="/isaiah/42-1.htm">Isaiah 42:1</a> Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.<a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a> The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;<a href="/matthew/12-28.htm">Matthew 12:28</a> But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.eternal.<a href="/deuteronomy/33-27.htm">Deuteronomy 33:27</a> The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.<a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a> For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.<a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Jeremiah 10:10</a> But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.offered.<a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm">Hebrews 9:7</a> But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:<a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a> Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.<a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a> Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/colossians/1-22.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Conscience</a> <a href="/titus/1-15.htm">Consciences</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-2.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-7.htm">Free</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-7.htm">Lifeless</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">Purge</a> <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-8.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-14.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-17.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-5.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-18.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/james/4-8.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">Conscience</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">Consciences</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-17.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Free</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-21.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/james/2-26.htm">Lifeless</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-49.htm">Purge</a> <a href="/james/4-8.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-15.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-24.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 9</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/9-1.htm">The description of the rites and sacrifices of the law;</a> 11. <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">which are far inferior to the dignity and perfection of the sacrifice of Christ.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Hebrews, the author contrasts the blood of animals, which was used in the sacrificial system of the Mosaic Law, with the blood of Christ. The blood of Christ is seen as infinitely more effective in purifying and redeeming humanity. This echoes the theme of Hebrews that Christ is the fulfillment and perfection of the law (<a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27, 10</a>:4).who through the eternal Spirit This phrase highlights the role of the Holy Spirit in the sacrificial offering of Christ. The "eternal Spirit" suggests the divine nature and eternal existence of the Holy Spirit, who empowered and sustained Christ in His earthly ministry and sacrificial death. This aligns with the Trinitarian understanding of God, where the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit work in unity (<a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a>).offered Himself unblemished to God Christ's offering of Himself is central to the Christian understanding of atonement. Unlike the animal sacrifices, which had to be without physical defect, Christ was morally and spiritually unblemished, fulfilling the requirement for a perfect sacrifice (<a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a>). This reflects the Old Testament typology of the Passover lamb (<a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a>) and underscores Christ's voluntary and willing sacrifice (<a href="/john/10-18.htm">John 10:18</a>).purify our consciences from works of death The purification of conscience refers to the internal cleansing from sin and guilt, which the Old Testament sacrifices could not achieve (<a href="/hebrews/10.htm">Hebrews 10:1-2</a>). "Works of death" likely refers to sinful deeds and the dead works of the law that cannot bring life or salvation. This purification is a transformative process, enabling believers to live in righteousness (<a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a>).so that we may serve the living God! The ultimate purpose of Christ's sacrifice is to enable believers to serve God, who is described as "living," contrasting with dead idols (<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:9</a>). This service is not merely ritualistic but involves a life dedicated to God's will and purposes. It reflects the new covenant relationship where believers are empowered to live out their faith actively and obediently (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ</a> The central figure in this verse, whose sacrificial death is emphasized as the means of cleansing and redemption. 2. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_spirit.htm">Eternal Spirit</a> Refers to the Holy Spirit, highlighting the divine nature and eternal aspect of Christ's offering. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The recipient of Christ's unblemished offering, underscoring the relationship between the Father and the Son. 4. <a href="/topical/c/consciences.htm">Consciences</a> The human conscience is addressed, indicating the internal transformation that occurs through Christ's sacrifice. 5. <a href="/topical/w/works_of_death.htm">Works of Death</a> Represents sinful actions and the spiritual death that results from them, which are cleansed by Christ's blood.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_superiority_of_christ's_sacrifice.htm">The Superiority of Christ's Sacrifice</a> Christ's sacrifice is superior to the Old Testament sacrifices, as it is eternal and perfect, offered through the Holy Spirit. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a> The eternal Spirit's involvement in Christ's offering emphasizes the Trinitarian work in salvation and the power of the Spirit in our lives. <a href="/topical/c/cleansing_of_the_conscience.htm">Cleansing of the Conscience</a> The cleansing of our conscience is not just a legal declaration but an internal transformation that enables us to serve God. <a href="/topical/f/freedom_from_dead_works.htm">Freedom from Dead Works</a> We are freed from "works of death" to serve the living God, highlighting the transition from spiritual death to life. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_service_to_god.htm">Living in Service to God</a> Our response to Christ's sacrifice should be a life dedicated to serving God, empowered by the cleansing we have received.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 9</a> <a href="/q/what_does_proverbs_1_7_mean.htm">What does 'repentance from dead works' mean?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_jesus_and_why_is_he_important.htm">Who is Jesus and what is his significance?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'repentance_from_dead_works'.htm">What does "repentance from dead works" mean?</a> <a href="/q/is_your_conscience_aligned_with_god.htm">Does your conscience align with God's teachings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) Through the eternal Spirit.--Better, through an eternal Spirit; for in a passage of so much difficulty it is important to preserve the exact rendering of the Greek, and the arguments usually adduced seem insufficient to justify the ordinary translation. By most readers of the Authorised version, probably, these words are understood as referring to the Holy Spirit, whose influence continually rested on "the Anointed One of God" (<a href="/acts/10-38.htm" title="How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.">Acts 10:38</a>). For this opinion there seems to be no foundation in the usage of the New Testament, and it is not indicated by anything in the context. The explanation of the words must rather be sought in the nature of our Lord, or in some attribute of that nature. There are a few passages, mainly in the Epistles of St. Paul, in which language somewhat similar is employed in regard to the spirit (pneuma) of our Lord. The most remarkable of these are <a href="/romans/1-4.htm" title="And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:">Romans 1:4</a>, where "spirit of holiness" is placed in contrast with "flesh;" and <a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm" title="And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.">1Timothy 3:16</a>, "in spirit." On the latter Bishop Ellicott writes: "in spirit, in the higher sphere of His divine life: the pneuma of Christ is not here the Holy Spirit, but the higher principle of spiritual life, which was not the Divinity (this would be an Apollinarian assertion), but especially and intimately united with it." (Another passage of great interest is <a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm" title="For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:">1Peter 3:18</a>.) The attribute "eternal" is explained by <a href="/context/hebrews/7-18.htm" title="For there is truly a cancellation of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.">Hebrews 7:18-19</a>, "according to power of indissoluble life (He hath become priest), for of Him it is testified, Thou art a priest for ever." Through this spirit, a spirit of holiness, a spirit of indissoluble life, He offered Himself to God. This made such a self-offering possible; this gave to the offering infinite worth. In the words which stand in contrast with these (<a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm" title="For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh:">Hebrews 9:13</a>) we read of the death of animals which had no power over their own transient life: He who was typified in every high priest and in every victim, "through an eternal spirit," of Himself laid down His life (<a href="/john/10-18.htm" title="No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.">John 10:18</a>), offering Himself to God in the moment and article of death,--offered Himself in His constant presence in the Holiest Place (<a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm" title="For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:">Hebrews 9:24</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purify your (al. our) conscience from dead works to serve the living God? As in vers. 11, 12 Christ's entrance was contrasted with that of the high priest, so here is the sacrifice itself, in virtue of which he entered, similarly contrasted. The points of contrast to which attention is drawn are these: (1) It was the blood, not of beasts that perish, but of Christ himself - the Christ, the Hope of Israel, whose Divine prerogatives have been set forth in the preceding chapters. (2) He offered himself. His offering was a voluntary self-oblation, not the blood-shedding of passive victims. (3) His offering was realty "spotless" (ἄμωμος) in the sense of sinless - the only sense that can satisfy Divine justice - symbolized only by the absence of material blemish in the ancient sacrifices. . . . <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/9-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>how much πόσῳ (posō) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4214.htm">Strong's 4214: </a> How much, how great, how many. From an absolute pos and hos; interrogative pronoun how much (plural) many). more μᾶλλον (mallon) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather. {will} the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. blood αἷμα (haima) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. of Christ, Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. who ὃς (hos) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. through διὰ (dia) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. [the] eternal αἰωνίου (aiōniou) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_166.htm">Strong's 166: </a> From aion; perpetual. Spirit Πνεύματος (Pneumatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4151.htm">Strong's 4151: </a> Wind, breath, spirit. offered προσήνεγκεν (prosēnenken) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4374.htm">Strong's 4374: </a> From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat. Himself ἑαυτὸν (heauton) Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. unblemished ἄμωμον (amōmon) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_299.htm">Strong's 299: </a> Blameless, without blemish, unblemished, faultless. Unblemished. to God, Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. purify καθαριεῖ (kathariei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2511.htm">Strong's 2511: </a> To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. consciences συνείδησιν (syneidēsin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4893.htm">Strong's 4893: </a> The conscience, a persisting notion. From a prolonged form of suneido; co-perception, i.e. Moral consciousness. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. works ἔργων (ergōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2041.htm">Strong's 2041: </a> From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. of death, νεκρῶν (nekrōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. so that εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. we may serve λατρεύειν (latreuein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3000.htm">Strong's 3000: </a> To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage. [the] living ζῶντι (zōnti) Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2198.htm">Strong's 2198: </a> To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live. God! Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 9:14 How much more will the blood (Heb. He. 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