⁸ But God ^(A)demonstrates ^(B)His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, ^(C)Christ died for us.

⁶ who ^(A)gave Himself as a ransom for all, the ^(B)testimony ^[a]given at ^[b](C)the proper time.

²⁷ who has no daily need, like those high priests, to ^(A)offer up sacrifices, ^(B)first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because He did this ^(C)once for all time when He ^(D)offered up Himself.

²⁴ and to Jesus, the ^(A)mediator of a new covenant, and to the ^(B)sprinkled blood, which speaks better than ^(C)the blood of Abel.

¹⁸ knowing that you were not ^[a](A)redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your ^(B)futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, ¹⁹ but with precious ^(C)blood, as of a ^(D)lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(A)the faithful witness, the ^(B)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(C)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(D)loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—