2 Peter 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.
Ezekiel 36:25-27
36:25 I will sprinkle you with pure water
and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
36:26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone
from your body and give you a heart of flesh.
36:27 I will put my Spirit within you;
I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes
and carefully observe my regulations.
Romans 9:4
9:4 who are Israelites. To them belong
the adoption as sons,
the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship,
and the promises.
Romans 9:2
9:2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Colossians 1:20
1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Colossians 1:17-18
1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Galatians 3:16
3:16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant.
Scripture
does not say, “and to the descendants
,” referring to many, but “
and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.
Hebrews 8:6-12
8:6 But
now Jesus
has obtained a superior ministry, since
the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted
on better promises.
8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.
8:8 But showing its fault, God says to them,
“Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
8:9 “It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.
8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.
8:11 “And there will be no need at all for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest.
8:12 “For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.”
Hebrews 9:15
9:15 And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:1
The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary
9:1 Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.
Hebrews 2:1
Warning Against Drifting Away
2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.