Hebrews 8:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

Cross References

Jeremiah 50:5

They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.

Luke 22:20

And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.

Romans 9:4

Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

Ephesians 2:12

That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Titus 1:2

In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;

Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.

Hebrews 7:22

By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

2 Peter 1:4

And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.