⁷ Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch. You are indeed unleavened, for Christ our Passover^(A) has been sacrificed.^[a]

¹⁴ how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit^(A) offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our^[a] consciences from dead works to serve the living God?^(B)

²⁸ so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many,^(A) will appear a second time,^(B) not to bear sin, but^[a] to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.^(C)

¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ,^(A) like that of a lamb^(B) without defect or blemish.

⁵ 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 set us free^[a] from our sins by His blood,