Ephesians 2:18

2:18 so that ¹  through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

John 14:6

14:6 Jesus replied, ²  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. ³  No one comes to the Father except through me.

Romans 5:2

5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice ⁴  in the hope of God’s glory.

Hebrews 4:14-16

Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest

4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. 4:15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. 4:16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help. ⁵ 

Hebrews 10:19-22

Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith

10:19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, ⁶  since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ⁷  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ⁸  10:21 and since we have a great priest ⁹  over the house of God, 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, ¹⁰  because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience ¹¹  and our bodies washed in pure water.

[2:18]  ¹ tn Or “for.” BDAG gives the consecutive ὅτι (Joti) as a possible category of NT usage (BDAG 732 s.v. 5.c).

[14:6]  ² tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”

[14:6]  ³ tn Or “I am the way, even the truth and the life.”

[5:2]  ⁴ tn Or “exult, boast.”

[4:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “for timely help.”

[10:19]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[10:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

[10:20]  ⁸ sn Through his flesh. In a bold shift the writer changes from a spatial phrase (Christ opened the way through the curtain into the inner sanctuary) to an instrumental phrase (he did this through [by means of] his flesh in his sacrifice of himself), associating the two in an allusion to the splitting of the curtain in the temple from top to bottom (Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Just as the curtain was split, so Christ’s body was broken for us, to give us access into God’s presence.

[10:21]  ⁹ tn Grk “and a great priest,” continuing the construction begun in v. 19.

[10:22]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “in assurance of faith.”

[10:22]  ¹¹ sn The phrase our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience combines the OT imagery of the sprinkling with blood to give ritual purity with the emphasis on the interior cleansing provided by the new covenant: It is the heart that is cleansed and the conscience made perfect (cf. Heb 8:10; 9:9, 14; 10:2, 16).