New Covenant

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second. — read the full passage →

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

And he said unto them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.

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

But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, — read the full passage →

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

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →

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

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, — read the full passage →

Now in the things which we are saying the chief pointis this: We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.

This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them; then saith he,

Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? — read the full passage →

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

and 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 them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises. — read the full passage →

that ye 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.

being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh.

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; — read the full passage →

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second. — read the full passage →

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings andsacrificesfor sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), — read the full passage →

And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron? — read the full passage →

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, — read the full passage →

Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: — read the full passage →

For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.

and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Nowthere wasa certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →