WhenHe said,"A new[covenant]," He has madethe firstobsolete. But whatever is becoming obsoleteand growing oldis readyto disappear.
"Liftup your eyesto the sky,Then lookto the earthbeneath;For the skywill vanishlike smoke,And the earthwill wearout like a garmentAnd its inhabitantswill diein likemanner;But My salvationwill be forever,And My righteousnesswill not wane.
"Heavenand earthwill passaway,but My wordswill not pass away.
And in the same way[He took] the cupafterthey had eaten,saying,"Thiscupwhich is pouredout for you is the newcovenantin My blood.
Loveneverfails;but if[there are gifts of] prophecy,they will be doneaway;if[there are] tongues,they will cease;if[there is] knowledge,it will be done away.
whoalsomade us adequate[as] servantsof a newcovenant,not of the letterbut of the Spirit;for the letterkills,but the Spiritgives life.
Thereforeifanyoneis in Christ,[he is] a newcreature;the old thingspassed away;behold,new thingshave come.
THEY WILL PERISH,BUT YOU REMAIN;AND THEY ALLWILL BECOME OLDLIKEA GARMENT,
and to Jesus,the mediatorof a newcovenant,and to the sprinkledblood,which speaksbetterthan[the blood] of Abel.
so muchthe morealsoJesushas becomethe guaranteeof a bettercovenant.
But nowHe has obtaineda more excellentministry,by as muchas He is alsothe mediatorof a bettercovenant,whichhas been enactedon betterpromises.
For finding faultwith them, He says,"BEHOLD,DAYSARE COMING,SAYSTHE LORD,WHENI WILL EFFECTA NEWCOVENANTWITH THE HOUSEOF ISRAELAND WITH THE HOUSEOF JUDAH;
For thisreasonHe is the mediatorof a newcovenant,sothat, since a deathhas taken placefor the redemptionof the transgressionsthat were [committed] underthe firstcovenant,thosewho have been calledmay receivethe promiseof the eternalinheritance.
