9 Do not be Carried Away
By All Kinds of Strange Teachings.
It is Good for our Hearts
To be Strengthened by Grace,
Not by eating Ceremonial Foods,
Which is of no Benefit to those who do so.
10 We have an Altar
From which those
Who minister at the Tabernacle
Have No Right to Eat.
11 The High Priest carries the blood of animals
Into the Most Holy Place
As a Sin Offering,
But the Bodies are Burned outside the Camp.
12 And so Jesus also Suffered
Outside the City Gate
To make the People Holy
Through His Own Blood.
13 Let us then,
Go to Him Outside the Camp,
Bearing the Disgrace He Bore.
14 For Here we Do Not have an Enduring City,
But we are Looking for the City that is To Come.
15 Through Jesus, therefore,
Let us Continually Offer to God
A Sacrifice of Praise--the Fruit of Lips
That Openly Profess His Name.
16 And Do Not Forget to Do Good
And to Share with Others,
For with Such Sacrifices God is Pleased.
(Hebrews 13:9-16, NIV)
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