Verse 1
All that desperate sinners want
In our high-priest we have,
Only such a sinless saint
Our guilty world could save:
Christ, in the redeeming plan,
To us how strangely suitable!
Our reverse, as far from man
Remov’d as heaven from hell!

Verse 2
Impious, mischievous, unclean,
With sinners mixt we live,
Fashion’d and brought up in sin,
’Till Jesus we receive:
Jesus such as us became,
Our souls he only could secure
Holy, just, and free from blame,
In life, and nature pure.

Verse 3
Separate now from sinful men
Our Advocate above
Doth his brethren’s cause maintain
Before the throne of love,
Pleads for us on earth who dwell
His one sufficient sacrifice,
Us to save from sin and hell,
He reigns above the skies.

Verse 4
Holy, innocent, and pure
Thou wilt thy brethren make,
From an evil world secure,
And to thy bosom take,
Us before thy Father’s face
Acknowledge for thy flesh and bone,
Higher than the angels place,
And nearest to thy throne.