Genesis 4:10
Exodus 24:8
Hebrews 8:6
6However, Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
has now obtained a ministry that is as superior to theirs as the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises.2Cor 3:6, 8-9; Heb 7:22 Hebrews 9:15
15Christ Is the Mediator of a New CovenantThis is why he is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.Rom 3:25; 5:6; 1Tim 2:5; Heb 3:1; 7:22; 8:6; 12:24; 1Pet 3:18Hebrews 10:22
22let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in full assurance of faith, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies have been washed with pure water.Ezek 36:25; 2Cor 7:1; Eph 3:12; Heb 4:16; 9:14; James 1:6; 1John 3:21Hebrews 11:4
4By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did, ▼▼The Gk. lacks did
and by it he was declared to be righteous, since God himself accepted his offerings. And by faith ▼▼Lit. by it
he continues to speak, even though he is dead.Gen 4:4, 10; Matt 23:35; Heb 12:24; 1John 3:12 1 Peter 1:2
2the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!Rom 1:7; 8:29; 11:2; Eph 1:4; 2Thes 2:13; Heb 10:22; 12:24; 1Pet 2:9; 2Pet 1:2; Jude 1:2
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