21 “As for me, this is my covenant(A) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(B) who is on you, will not depart from you,(C) and my words that I have put in your mouth(D) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.

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31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will make a new covenant(A)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant(B)
    I made with their ancestors(C)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,(D)
because they broke my covenant,
    though I was a husband(E) to[a] them,[b]
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(F)
    and write it on their hearts.(G)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(H)
34 No longer will they teach(I) their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know(J) me,
    from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive(K) their wickedness
    and will remember their sins(L) no more.”

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  1. Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
  2. Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master

16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
    after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds.”[a](A)

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  1. Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33

25 I will sprinkle(A) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse(B) you from all your impurities(C) and from all your idols.(D) 26 I will give you a new heart(E) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone(F) and give you a heart of flesh.(G) 27 And I will put my Spirit(H) in you and move you to follow my decrees(I) and be careful to keep my laws.(J)

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38 They will be my people,(A) and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness(B) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(C) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant(D) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire(E) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.(F) 41 I will rejoice(G) in doing them good(H) and will assuredly plant(I) them in this land with all my heart and soul.(J)

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But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(A) of which he is mediator(B) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(C) But God found fault with the people and said[a]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(D)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors(E)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant(F) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(G)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(H)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(I)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.(J)[b](K)

13 By calling this covenant “new,”(L) he has made the first one obsolete;(M) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

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  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
  2. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit,(A) and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.(B) 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a](C) the Lord’s glory,(D) are being transformed into his image(E) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflect

16 I have put my words in your mouth(A)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand(B)
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,(C)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(D)’”

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For I will pour water(A) on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;(B)
I will pour out my Spirit(C) on your offspring,
    and my blessing(D) on your descendants.(E)

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The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor(I)
    and the day of vengeance(J) of our God,
to comfort(K) all who mourn,(L)
    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(M) of beauty
    instead of ashes,(N)
the oil(O) of joy
    instead of mourning,(P)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting(Q) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.(R)

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(A) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(B) welling up to eternal life.”(C)

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Give ear and come to me;
    listen,(A) that you may live.(B)
I will make an everlasting covenant(C) with you,
    my faithful love(D) promised to David.(E)

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You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(A) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(B) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(C) they do not belong to Christ.

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16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(A) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(B) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

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34 For the one whom God has sent(A) speaks the words of God, for God[a] gives the Spirit(B) without limit.

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  1. John 3:34 Greek he

39 By this he meant the Spirit,(A) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(B) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(C)

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The Branch From Jesse

11 A shoot(A) will come up from the stump(B) of Jesse;(C)
    from his roots a Branch(D) will bear fruit.(E)
The Spirit(F) of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom(G) and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,(H)
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord
and he will delight in the fear(I) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(J)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;(K)

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Restoration of Israel

This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor(A) I will answer you,
    and in the day of salvation I will help you;(B)
I will keep(C) you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people,(D)
to restore the land(E)
    and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(F)

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25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(A) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(B) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(C) 26 I will make a covenant of peace(D) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.(E) I will establish them and increase their numbers,(F) and I will put my sanctuary among them(G) forever.(H) 27 My dwelling place(I) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(J)

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25 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob[a](A) and will have compassion(B) on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.(C) 26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety(D) in their land with no one to make them afraid.(E) 27 When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.(F) 28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them(G) to their own land, not leaving any behind.(H) 29 I will no longer hide my face(I) from them, for I will pour out my Spirit(J) on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.(K)

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  1. Ezekiel 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

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For what I received(A) I passed on to you(B) as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins(C) according to the Scriptures,(D) that he was buried,(E) that he was raised(F) on the third day(G) according to the Scriptures,(H) and that he appeared to Cephas,[b](I) and then to the Twelve.(J) After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.(K) Then he appeared to James,(L) then to all the apostles,(M) and last of all he appeared to me also,(N) as to one abnormally born.

For I am the least of the apostles(O) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted(P) the church of God.(Q) 10 But by the grace(R) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me(S) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them(T)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.(U) 11 Whether, then, it is I or they,(V) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,(W) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection(X) of the dead?(Y) 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised,(Z) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.(AA) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.(AB) 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep(AC) in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.(AD)

20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,(AE) the firstfruits(AF) of those who have fallen asleep.(AG) 21 For since death came through a man,(AH) the resurrection of the dead(AI) comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.(AJ) 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;(AK) then, when he comes,(AL) those who belong to him.(AM) 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom(AN) to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.(AO) 25 For he must reign(AP) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(AQ) 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.(AR) 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[c](AS) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.(AT) 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,(AU) so that God may be all in all.(AV)

29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?(AW) 31 I face death every day(AX)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts(AY) in Ephesus(AZ) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,

“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”[d](BA)

33 Do not be misled:(BB) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[e](BC) 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(BD)—I say this to your shame.(BE)

The Resurrection Body

35 But someone will ask,(BF) “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”(BG) 36 How foolish!(BH) What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.(BI) 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.(BJ) 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor,(BK) the moon another and the stars another;(BL) and star differs from star in splendor.

42 So will it be(BM) with the resurrection of the dead.(BN) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;(BO) 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;(BP) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.(BQ)

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[f];(BR) the last Adam,(BS) a life-giving spirit.(BT) 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.(BU) 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(BV) the second man is of heaven.(BW) 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(BX) 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(BY) so shall we[g] bear the image of the heavenly man.(BZ)

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood(CA) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,(CB) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(CC) 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery:(CD) We will not all sleep,(CE) but we will all be changed(CF) 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,(CG) the dead(CH) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable(CI) must clothe itself with the imperishable,(CJ) and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[h](CK)

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[i](CL)

56 The sting of death is sin,(CM) and the power of sin is the law.(CN) 57 But thanks be to God!(CO) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.(CP)

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,(CQ) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.(CR)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
  7. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us
  8. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
  9. 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14

33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(A) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(B)

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For I gave them the words you gave me(A) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(B) and they believed that you sent me.(C)

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38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence,(A) and you are doing what you have heard from your father.[a](B)

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  1. John 8:38 Or presence. Therefore do what you have heard from the Father.

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