For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.

因为神给我们预备了更美的事，叫他们若不与我们同得，就不能完全。

因为上帝给我们预备了更美好的事，若没有我们，他们就不能达到完全。

因为神给我们预备了更美好的事，若没有我们，他们就不能达到完全。

因为上帝为我们预备了更美的，要叫他们与我们一同得到才算完美。

因为神已经为我们预备了更美的事，使他们若不跟我们在一起，就不能完全。

因为神为我们预备了更美好的事，使他们没有我们，就不能得以完全。

因為神給我們預備了更美的事，叫他們若不與我們同得，就不能完全。

因為上帝給我們預備了更美好的事，若沒有我們，他們就不能達到完全。

因為神給我們預備了更美好的事，若沒有我們，他們就不能達到完全。

因為上帝為我們預備了更美的，要叫他們與我們一同得到才算完美。

因為神已經為我們預備了更美的事，使他們若不跟我們在一起，就不能完全。

因為上帝已經為了我們豫先供備更美好的事，要使他們、沒有我們、就不能得完全。

因為神為我們預備了更美好的事，使他們沒有我們，就不能得以完全。

蓋上帝為我儕所備尤善、使彼外乎我儕者、不得完全也、

蓋上帝為我備至善之福、然古人不有我今日、則福弗備、

蓋天主為我儕備至善之福、彼眾不得享福成全、必待與我儕同享之、或作蓋天主為我儕備更美之福彼眾享福若不與我儕同享則不能成全原文作天主為我儕備更美之事若非我儕與偕彼眾則不能成全

蓋天主夙為吾人備有更微妙之事、而古人之成全、實有待乎吾人者焉。

since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

That’s because God had planned something better for us. So they would only be made perfect together with us.

since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters— their fellow servants of Jesus who were to be martyred— had joined them.

Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins.But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet.For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.

For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

That is why the Tabernacle and everything in it, which were copies of things in heaven, had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals.

In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.

Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.

But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.

For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.

You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect.You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.

By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that the entrance to the Most Holy Place was not freely open as long as the Tabernacle and the system it represented were still in use.This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them.For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies— physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world.With his own blood— not the blood of goats and calves— he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity.Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.That is why he is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.