Hebrews 8:6

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Heb 7:22 : 22 by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.
  • Heb 12:24 : 24 and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than [that of] Abel.
  • 2 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 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. 7 But if the ministration of death, written, [and] engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which [glory] was passing away: 8 how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation hath glory, much rather doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth. 11 For if that which passeth away [was] with glory, much more that which remaineth [is] in glory.
  • Gal 3:16-21 : 16 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. 17 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. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise. 19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one; but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.
  • Luke 22:20 : 20 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.
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust.
  • Heb 8:7-9 : 7 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second. 8 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; 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 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: 11 And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more. 13 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.
  • Heb 9:15-20 : 15 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. 16 For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it. 17 For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth. 18 Wherefore even the first [covenant] hath not been dedicated without blood. 19 For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

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  • Heb 8:7-8
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    7For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

    8For 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;

  • Heb 7:15-22
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    15And [what we say] is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,

    16who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

    17for it is witnessed [of him], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

    18For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

    19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

    20And inasmuch as [it is] not without the taking of an oath

    21(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);

    22by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

  • Heb 9:15
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    15And 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.

  • Heb 8:1-5
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    1Now in the things which we are saying the chief point [is this] : We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

    2a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

    3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this [high priest] also have somewhat to offer.

    4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;

    5who serve [that which is] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned [of God] when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.

  • Heb 9:11-12
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    11But 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,

    12nor 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.

  • Heb 12:24
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    24and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than [that of] Abel.

  • Heb 8:13
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    13In 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.

  • Heb 6:20
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    20whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, [appointeth] a Son, perfected for evermore.

  • Heb 1:4
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    4having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

  • Heb 9:6
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    6Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;

  • Heb 7:11-12
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    11Now 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?

    12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

  • Heb 9:1
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    1Now even a first [covenant] had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, [a sanctuary] of this world.

  • Heb 9:8-9
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    8the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;

    9which [is] a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,

  • Heb 9:23-24
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    23It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

    24For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

  • Heb 10:1
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    1For the law having a shadow of the good [things] to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

  • Heb 9:20
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    20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.

  • Heb 7:7
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    7But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6as he saith also in another [place], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 3:1-3
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    1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, [even] Jesus;

    2who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.

    3For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.

  • Heb 11:40
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    40God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

  • Heb 7:25-26
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    25Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

    26For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

  • Heb 10:9
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    9then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

  • Heb 13:20
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    20Now 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,

  • Heb 10:21
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    21and [having] a great priest over the house of God;

  • Heb 10:15
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    15And the Holy Spirit also beareth witness to us; for after he hath said,

  • 2 Cor 3:8
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    8how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?

  • Heb 9:18
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    18Wherefore even the first [covenant] hath not been dedicated without blood.

  • Heb 4:14
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    14Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.