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FOR SIN ’ (10:18 OUJKEVTI PROSFORA PERI AMARTIVA " ). T HE POWER OF SIN LIES IN ITS TRANSITORY PLEASURES . S IN OFFERS ENJOYMENT THOUGH IT IS BUT FOR A SEASON ’ (11:25 PROVSKAIRON ECEIN AMARTIVA " AJPOVLAUSIN ). E VEN C HRISTIANS ARE EXPOSED TO THE PERIL OF FATAL INSENSIBILITY FROM ITS INSIDIOUS ASSAULTS (3:13 INA MH SKLHRUNQH TI " EJX UMWN AJPAVTH TH '" AMARTIVA " ). A S IN OLD TIME , UNBELIEF STILL LEADS TO DISOBEDIENCE TO G OD , AND DISOBEDIENCE IS SIN (3:15-
19). S
O IT IS THAT UNDER DIFFERENT FIGURES SIN IS AN ENCUMBRANCE WHICH TENDS TO CHECK THE FREEDOM OF OUR MOVEMENTS , AND AN ADVERSARY WHOM WE FIND IN OUR PATH . W E MUST LAY IT ASIDE THAT WE MAY RUN OUR RACE (12:1 AJPOQEVMENOI ... THN EUJPERIVSTATON AMARTIVAN ); AND WE MUST STRIVE AGAINST IT EVEN UNTO BLOOD (12:4 PRO ;" THN AMARTIVAN AJNTAGWNIZOVMENOI ). S UCH AN EFFORT , SUCH A CONFLICT , IS POSSIBLE , FOR C HRIST HATH BEEN MANIFESTED TO DISANNUL SIN THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF H IMSELF ’ (9:26 EIJ " AJQEVTHSIN
AMARTIVA
" ). H E HAS SHEWN IT TO US PROSTRATE AND POWERLESS THROUGH H IS WORK , AND WE CAN USE THE FRUITS OF H IS VICTORY .

2. S INS ( AI AMARTIVAI , AMARTIVAI ). ‘S IN ISSUES IN A VARIETY OF SINS .’ T HE H IGH - PRIESTHOOD WAS INSTITUTED TO DEAL WITH THESE , ‘ TO OFFER GIFTS AND SACRIFICES FOR ( IN BEHALF OF ) SINS ’ (5:1 UPER AMARTIWN : COMP . 7:27), OR , AS IT IS EXPRESSED MORE GENERALLY , ‘ TO OFFER FOR ( IN THE MATTER OF ) SINS ’ (5:3 PERI AMARTIWN ). B UT THE CONSCIENCE OF MAN WITNESSED (10:2) THAT SUCH SACRIFICES AS THE L EVITICAL L AW PRESCRIBED WERE POWERLESS TO TAKE AWAY SINS , WHEN THE SINNER FROM TIME TO TIME ACKNOWLEDGED HIS GUILT (10:4 AJFAIREIN AMARTIVA " ), OR ONCE FOR ALL TO STRIP FROM HIM THE BANDS WHICH THEY HAD FORMED (10:11 PERIELEIN
AMARTIVA
" ). T HEY SERVED INDEED ONLY TO CALL TO MIND THAT WHICH THEY COULD NOT REMOVE (10:3 AJNAVMNHSI " AMARTIWN ). B UT A DIVINE PROMISE HELD OUT THE HOPE OF A NEW C OVENANT WHEN SINS SHOULD BE NO MORE REMEMBERED (8:12; 10:17 TWN AMARTIWN OUJ MH MNHSQW ETI ); AND THIS HOPE WAS FULFILLED THROUGH THE WORK OF C HRIST . H E OFFERED ONE SACRIFICE FOR ( IN BEHALF OF ) SINS FOR EVER ’ (10:12 MIVAN UPER AMARTIWN PROSENEVGKA " QUSIVAN EIJ " TO DIHNEKEV " ). B Y THIS H E ‘H IMSELF MADE PURIFICATION OF SINS ’ (1:3 KAQARISMON TWN AMARTIWN POIHSAVMENO " ), AND IN VIRTUE OF THIS H E IS ABLE , HAVING ENTERED INTO THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY , ‘ TO MAKE PROPITIATION FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE ’ (2:17 ILAVSKESQAI TA ;" AMARTIVA " TOU LAOU ). B UT FOR THOSE WHO SIN WILFULLY AFTER THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE ( THN EJPIVGNWSIN ) OF THE TRUTH ’ ‘ THERE IS NO LONGER LEFT A SACRIFICE FOR ( IN THE MATTER OF ) SINS ’ (10:26 OUJKEVTI PERI AMARTIWN AJPOLEIVPETAI QUSIVA ); AND THERE ARE CASES WHEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE C HRISTIAN TEACHER TO RENEW TO REPENTANCE ’ (6:6) SUCH AS HAVE FALLEN AWAY .

T HUS C HRIST ' S WORK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR BELIEVERS TO OVERCOME SIN AND DO AWAY SINS ; BUT ONE CROWNING SCENE STILL REMAINS TO BE REALISED .

‘C HRIST HAVING BEEN ONCE OFFERED ( PROSENECQEIV " )’— THE PASSIVE FORM SEEMS TO EXPRESS H IS WILLING SUBMISSION TO A DIVINE LAW —‘ TO BEAR ( AJNENEGKEIN ) THE SINS OF MANY ’— TO CARRY THEM UP TO THE ALTAR OF THE C ROSS (1 P ET . 2:24)—‘ SHALL APPEAR A SECOND TIME WITHOUT SIN ( CWRI ;"

AMARTIVA " )’— UNTOUCHED AND UNTROUBLED BY THE SIN WHICH H E HAS OVERCOME —‘ TO THEM THAT WAIT FOR H IM UNTO SALVATION ’ (H EB . 9:28).

I T WILL BE OBSERVED THAT IN ALL THE PASSAGES QUOTED THE PREPOSITIONS PERIV AND UPEVR RETAIN THEIR DISTINCTIVE FORCE : PERIV MARKS THE


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