Hebrews 8:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Heb 7:11 : 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?
  • Heb 7:18 : 18 For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness.
  • Heb 8:6 : 6 But 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.
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, then truly righteousness would have been by the law.

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  • Heb 8:8-9
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    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.

  • Heb 8:4-6
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    4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are priests that offer gifts according to the law;

    5Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.

    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.

  • Heb 8:12-13
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    12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.

    13In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away.

  • Heb 7:15-22
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    15And it is yet far more evident: for in the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

    16Who is made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.

    17For he testifies, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

    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.

    20And inasmuch as he was not made priest without an oath:

    21For those priests were made without an oath; but this one with an oath by him that said to him, The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:

    22By so much was Jesus made the guarantor of a better covenant.

  • Heb 7:11-13
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    11If 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?

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

    13For he of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, of which no man attended the altar.

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

  • Heb 8:2
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    2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.

  • Heb 9:6-9
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    6Now when these things were thus arranged, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, performing the service of God.

    7But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people:

    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 10:1-2
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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.

  • 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 2:2
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    2For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

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

  • 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;

  • Heb 10:8-9
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    8Previously saying, Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin you did not desire, nor had pleasure in them (which are offered according to the law),

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

  • Heb 4:8
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    8For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not afterward have spoken of another day.

  • 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 12:17
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    17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

  • 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 4:5-6
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    5And in this place again, "They shall not enter into my rest."

    6Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief:

  • 2 Cor 3:10
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    10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.

  • 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.

  • 2 Cor 3:7
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    7But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadily behold the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

  • Heb 10:4
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    4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

  • Mal 2:8
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    8But you have turned out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.

  • Gal 2:18
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    18For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

  • Gal 3:15
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    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it.