Hebrews 8:13
By calling this covenant “new,” he declared the first covenant to be old, and what has become old and obsolete will soon disappear.
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12For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, 1 and their sins I will not remember any longer.”
Cross References
Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the sky, and look at the earth beneath, 1 for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. 1 But my salvation will continue forever, and my righteousness will never stop working. 1
1 Corinthians 13:8Love never ends. If there are prophecies, they will pass away. If there are tongues, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.
Hebrews 7:11Now if perfection were possible through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the manner of Melchizedek, and not be considered to be after the manner of Aaron?
Hebrews 9:9This was an illustration for the present time. Both the gifts and sacrifices that are now being offered are not able to perfect the worshiper's conscience.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 8:7-13
The Old and New Covenant. ( a. d. 62.) 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their… Read the whole commentary →