For if what faded away came with splendor, what is permanent must have much more splendor.
Indeed, in this case, what once had splendor has come to have no splendor at all, because of the splendor that surpasses it.
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.