Hebrews 8:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away.

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  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
  • Heb 7:11-12 : 11 If therefore perfection were through the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law.
  • Heb 7:18-19 : 18 For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.
  • Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
  • Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it will die in like manner: but my salvation will last forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
  • 1 Cor 13:8 : 8 Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
  • Heb 9:9-9 : 9 Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience; 10 Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

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  • Heb 8:6-10
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    6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second.

    8For finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

    9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord.

    10For 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 minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

  • Heb 8:12
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    12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.

  • Jer 31:31-32
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    31Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

    32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says the LORD:

  • Heb 9:15-18
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    15And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

    16For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

    17For a testament is in effect after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.

    18Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

  • Heb 7:18-19
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    18For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness.

    19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.

  • Heb 10:9
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    9Then he said, Behold, I have come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second.

  • 2 Cor 5:17
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    17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

  • Heb 10:15-18
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    15The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before,

    16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,

    17And their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more.

    18Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

  • 1 Cor 13:10
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    10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

  • Heb 9:8-9
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    8The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing:

    9Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;

  • Heb 9:11
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    11But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

  • 2 Cor 3:13-14
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    13And not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not steadily look to the end of what was being abolished:

    14But their minds were blinded: for until this day, the same veil remains untaken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done away in Christ.

  • Heb 1:11-12
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    11They shall perish; but You remain; and they all shall grow old as does a garment;

    12And like a garment You shall fold them up, and they shall be changed: but You are the same, and Your years shall not fail.

  • Heb 7:12
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    12For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law.

  • Isa 43:18
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    18Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.

  • Heb 10:1-3
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    1For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come perfect.

    2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

    3But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

  • Heb 13:8
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    8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

  • Luke 5:36-39
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    36And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment on an old one; otherwise, the new makes a tear, and the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.

    37And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.

    38But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

    39No one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, The old is better.

  • Rom 11:27
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    27For this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.

  • 2 Cor 3:11
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    11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious.

  • Isa 65:17
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    17For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come to mind.

  • Heb 9:20
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    20Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."

  • Gal 3:17
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    17And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses; but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who is perfected forever.

  • Heb 12:27
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    27And this phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

  • Heb 9:1
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    1Then truly the first covenant also had ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary.

  • Mark 2:21
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    21No man sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment, otherwise the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse.

  • Eccl 1:10
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    10Is there anything of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in ancient times, which were before us.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:

  • Heb 7:22
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    22By so much was Jesus made the guarantor of a better covenant.