Hebrews 9:16

New Century Version

When there is a will, it must be proven that the one who wrote that will is dead.

Cross References

Romans 5:12

Sin came into the world because of what one man did, and with sin came death. This is why everyone must die—because everyone sinned.

Romans 6:23

The payment for sin is death. But God gives us the free gift of life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:22

In Adam all of us die. In the same way, in Christ all of us will be made alive again.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son reflects the glory of God and shows exactly what God is like. He holds everything together with his powerful word. When the Son made people clean from their sins, he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

Hebrews 13:20

I pray that the God of peace will give you every good thing you need so you can do what he wants. God raised from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep, because of the blood of his death. His blood began the eternal agreement that God made with his people. I pray that God will do in us what pleases him, through Jesus Christ, and to him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason Christ brings a new agreement from God to his people. Those who are called by God can now receive the blessings he has promised, blessings that will last forever. They can have those things because Christ died so that the people who lived under the first agreement could be set free from sin.

Hebrews 9:17

A will means nothing while the person is alive; it can be used only after the person dies.

James 2:10

A person who follows all of God’s law but fails to obey even one command is guilty of breaking all the commands in that law.