For if what was going to fade was glorious, how much more will what endures be glorious.
Indeed, what was endowed with glory has come to have no glory in this respect because of the glory that surpasses it.
Therefore, since we have such hope, we act very boldly
Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown us, we are not discouraged.
When he speaks of a “new” covenant, he declares the first one obsolete. And what has become obsolete and has grown old is close to disappearing.