Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out fo
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of th
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but t
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of th
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheri
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.