10:1 a shadow of the good things to come. The “good things” were future with respect to the law, which foreshadowed them; with Christ’s coming they are present (9:11 note).

make perfect. The worshipers could not be “cleansed” for all time (v. 2). The law could not remove guilt from them and give them permanent access to God (7:11, 19; 9:9).