Hebrews 11:40

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

since God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect.

Cross References

Revelation 6:11

They were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number would be complete both of their fellow servants and of their brothers and sisters who were soon to be killed as they themselves had been killed.

Hebrews 8:6

But Jesus has now obtained a more excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on the basis of better promises.

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope through which we approach God.

Hebrews 9:23

Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 5:9

and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

Hebrews 7:22

accordingly Jesus has also become the guarantor of a better covenant.

Hebrews 11:16

But as it is, they desire a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.