Let me ask those of you who want to be subject to the Law: do you not hear what the Law says?

But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse."

like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people."

"Let us praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come to the help of his people and has set them free.

So keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock which the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.

For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God,

Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.

He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear Son,

Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God. He is the first-born Son, superior to all created things.

Christ existed before all things, and in union with him all things have their proper place.

For it was by God's own decision that the Son has in himself the full nature of God.

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

He reflects the brightness of God's glory and is the exact likeness of God's own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.

When Christ went through the tent and entered once and for all into the Most Holy Place, he did not take the blood of goats and bulls to offer as a sacrifice; rather, he took his own blood and obtained eternal salvation for us.

For this reason Christ is the one who arranges a new covenant, so that those who have been called by God may receive the eternal blessings that God has promised. This can be done because there has been a death which sets people free from the wrongs they did while the first covenant was in effect.

For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold;

He had been chosen by God before the creation of the world and was revealed in these last days for your sake.

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.

The 144,000 people stood before the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders; they were singing a new song, which only they could learn. Of the whole human race they are the only ones who have been redeemed.

So then, you are no longer a slave but a child. And since you are his child, God will give you all that he has for his children.

It is through faith that all of you are God's children in union with Christ Jesus.

Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children.

All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children.

But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free.

They are God's people; he made them his children and revealed his glory to them; he made his covenants with them and gave them the Law; they have the true worship; they have received God's promises;

God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children---this was his pleasure and purpose.