Covenant Of Works

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,

to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned. — read the full passage →

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to promise.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned. — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

“This is the covenant that I will make with them: ‘After those days,’ says the Lord, ‘I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;’” then he says,

For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it. — read the full passage →

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel. — read the full passage →

who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. — read the full passage →

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book. — read the full passage →

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. — read the full passage →

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.

For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. — read the full passage →

Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken, — read the full passage →

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus; — read the full passage →

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ; — read the full passage →

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision”, (in the flesh, made by hands); — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar. — read the full passage →

So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.” — read the full passage →

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”

As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. — read the full passage →

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. — read the full passage →

In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”