Hebrews 8:6-13

  1. But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is based on better promises.
  2. For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.
  3. But showing its fault, God says to them,
    “Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
  4. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.
  5. For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord.
    A. God’s law written on our hearts I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts.
    B. We will belong to him and he will belong to us And I will be their God and they will be my people.
    C. No need for priests between us and God 11. And there will be no need at all for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest.
    D. Our sins are all forgiven 12. For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.”
  1. When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.

quote from Jer 31:31-34

(Based on NET Bible)

Updated 2009-10-12 (build:15) by Andrew Fountain