Bible Cross References
obtained
Hebrews 8:7-13
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If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would have been no need for a second one.
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But God finds fault with his people when he says, "The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
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It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them, and so I paid no attention to them.
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Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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None of them will have to teach their friends or tell their neighbors, 'Know the Lord.' For they will all know me, from the least to the greatest.
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I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs."
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By speaking of a new covenant, God has made the first one old; and anything that becomes old and worn out will soon disappear.
2 Corinthians 3:6-11
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it is he who made us capable of serving the new covenant, which consists not of a written law but of the Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.
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The Law was carved in letters on stone tablets, and God's glory appeared when it was given. Even though the brightness on Moses' face was fading, it was so strong that the people of Israel could not keep their eyes fixed on him. If the Law, which brings death when it is in force, came with such glory,
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how much greater is the glory that belongs to the activity of the Spirit!
9
The system which brings condemnation was glorious; how much more glorious is the activity which brings salvation!
10
We may say that because of the far brighter glory now the glory that was so bright in the past is gone.
11
For if there was glory in that which lasted for a while, how much more glory is there in that which lasts forever!
the mediator
Hebrews 7:22
This difference, then, also makes Jesus the guarantee of a better covenant.
Hebrews 12:24
You have come to Jesus, who arranged the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that promises much better things than does the blood of Abel.
Galatians 3:19
What, then, was the purpose of the Law? It was added in order to show what wrongdoing is, and it was meant to last until the coming of Abraham's descendant, to whom the promise was made. The Law was handed down by angels, with a man acting as a go-between.
Galatians 3:20
But a go-between is not needed when only one person is involved; and God is one.
covenant
Hebrews 7:22
This difference, then, also makes Jesus the guarantee of a better covenant.
Hebrews 9:15-20
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For this reason Christ is the one who arranges a new covenant, so that those who have been called by God may receive the eternal blessings that God has promised. This can be done because there has been a death which sets people free from the wrongs they did while the first covenant was in effect.
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In the case of a will it is necessary to prove that the person who made it has died,
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for a will means nothing while the person who made it is alive; it goes into effect only after his death.
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That is why even the first covenant went into effect only with the use of blood.
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First, Moses proclaimed to the people all the commandments as set forth in the Law. Then he took the blood of bulls and goats, mixed it with water, and sprinkled it on the book of the Law and all the people, using a sprig of hyssop and some red wool.
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He said, "This is the blood which seals the covenant that God has commanded you to obey."
upon
Hebrews 8:10-12
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Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
11
None of them will have to teach their friends or tell their neighbors, 'Know the Lord.' For they will all know me, from the least to the greatest.
12
I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs."
Romans 9:4
They are God's people; he made them his children and revealed his glory to them; he made his covenants with them and gave them the Law; they have the true worship; they have received God's promises;
Galatians 3:16-21
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Now, God made his promises to Abraham and to his descendant. The scripture does not use the plural "descendants," meaning many people, but the singular "descendant," meaning one person only, namely, Christ.
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What I mean is that God made a covenant with Abraham and promised to keep it. The Law, which was given four hundred and thirty years later, cannot break that covenant and cancel God's promise.
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For if God's gift depends on the Law, then it no longer depends on his promise. However, it was because of his promise that God gave that gift to Abraham.
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What, then, was the purpose of the Law? It was added in order to show what wrongdoing is, and it was meant to last until the coming of Abraham's descendant, to whom the promise was made. The Law was handed down by angels, with a man acting as a go-between.
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But a go-between is not needed when only one person is involved; and God is one.
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Does this mean that the Law is against God's promises? No, not at all! For if human beings had received a law that could bring life, then everyone could be put right with God by obeying it.
Titus 1:2
which is based on the hope for eternal life. God, who does not lie, promised us this life before the beginning of time,
2 Peter 1:4
In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature.