Hebrews 8:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But as it now is, He [Christ] has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is as much superior and more excellent [than the old] as the covenant (the agreement) of which He is the Mediator (the Arbiter, Agent) is superior and more excellent, [because] it is enacted and rests upon more important (sublimer, higher, and nobler) promises.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ But now, Jesus has received a superior priestly service just as he arranged a better covenant that is enacted with better promises.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But now he has been granted a better ministry, so much so that he is also the Mediator of a better testament, which has been confirmed by better promises.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises.

Hebrews 8:6 Cross References

Jeremiah 50:5

They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come ye, and join yourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

Luke 22:20

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.

Romans 9:4

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;

Ephesians 2:12

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel.

Hebrews 7:22

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

2 Peter 1:4

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 the world by lust.