Isaiah 59:21
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21 “As(A) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”
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Jeremiah 31:31-34
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A New Covenant
31 “Behold, the (A)days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that (B)I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, [a]though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. 33 (C)But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: (D)I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their [b]hearts; (E)and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for (F)they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For (G)I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
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- Jeremiah 31:32 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. and I turned away from them
- Jeremiah 31:33 Lit. inward parts
Hebrews 10:16
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16 (A)“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,”
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Ezekiel 36:25-27
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25 (A)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you (B)from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a (C)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My (D)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
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Jeremiah 32:38-41
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38 They shall be (A)My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will (B)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And (C)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (D)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. 41 Yes, (E)I will rejoice over them to do them good, and (F)I will [a]assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’
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- Jeremiah 32:41 truly
Hebrews 8:6-13
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6 But now (A)He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a (B)better covenant, which was established on better promises.
A New Covenant(C)
7 For if that (D)first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: (E)“Behold, the days are coming, says 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 fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the (F)Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and (G)I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 (H)None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the (I)Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, (J)and their sins [a]and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
13 (K)In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
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- Hebrews 8:12 NU omits and their lawless deeds
2 Corinthians 3:17-18
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17 Now (A)the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (B)liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding (C)as in a mirror (D)the glory of the Lord, (E)are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as [a]by the Spirit of the Lord.
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- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or from the Lord, the Spirit
Isaiah 51:16
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16 And (A)I have put My words in your mouth;
(B)I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
(C)That I may [a]plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”
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- Isaiah 51:16 establish
Isaiah 44:3
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3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,
And floods on the dry ground;
I will pour My Spirit on your descendants,
And My blessing on your offspring;
Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Good News of Salvation
61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 (E)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And (F)the day of vengeance of our God;
(G)To comfort all who mourn,
3 To [b]console those who mourn in Zion,
(H)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
(I)The planting of the Lord, (J)that He may be glorified.”
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- Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
- Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint
John 4:14
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14 but (A)whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him (B)will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
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Isaiah 55:3
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3 Incline your ear, and (A)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
(B)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The (C)sure mercies of David.
Romans 8:9
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9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
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John 7:16-17
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16 [a]Jesus answered them and said, (A)“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 (B)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.
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- John 7:16 NU, M So Jesus
John 3:34
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34 (A)For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit (B)by measure.
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John 7:39
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39 (A)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those [a]believing in Him would receive; for the [b]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (B)glorified.
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Isaiah 11:1-3
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The Reign of Jesse’s Offspring(A)
11 There (B)shall come forth a [a]Rod from the [b]stem of (C)Jesse,
And (D)a Branch shall [c]grow out of his roots.
2 (E)The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
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- Isaiah 11:1 Shoot
- Isaiah 11:1 stock or trunk
- Isaiah 11:1 be fruitful
Isaiah 49:8
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8 Thus says the Lord:
“In an (A)acceptable[a] time I have heard You,
And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will [b]preserve You (B)and give You
As a covenant to the people,
To restore the earth,
To cause them to inherit the desolate [c]heritages;
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- Isaiah 49:8 favorable
- Isaiah 49:8 keep
- Isaiah 49:8 inheritances
Ezekiel 37:25-27
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25 (A)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, (B)forever; and (C)My servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover I will [a]make (D)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and (E)multiply them, and I will set My (F)sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 (G)My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be (H)their God, and they shall be My people.
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- Ezekiel 37:26 Lit. cut
Ezekiel 39:25-29
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25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the (B)whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name— 26 (C)after they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they (D)dwelt safely in their own land and no one made them afraid. 27 (E)When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and I (F)am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations, 28 (G)then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them [a]captive any longer. 29 (H)And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have (I)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord God.”
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- Ezekiel 39:28 Lit. there
2 Corinthians 3:8
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8 how will (A)the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
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1 Corinthians 15:3-58
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3 For (A)I delivered to you first of all that (B)which I also received: that Christ died for our sins (C)according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day (D)according to the Scriptures, 5 (E)and that He was seen by [a]Cephas, then (F)by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have [b]fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then (G)by all the apostles. 8 (H)Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am (I)the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because (J)I persecuted the church of God. 10 But (K)by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, (L)yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
The Risen Christ, Our Hope(M)
12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, (N)then Christ is not risen. 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because (O)we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; (P)you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have [c]fallen (Q)asleep in Christ have perished. 19 (R)If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
The Last Enemy Destroyed
20 But now (S)Christ is risen from the dead, and has become (T)the firstfruits of those who have [d]fallen asleep. 21 For (U)since by man came death, (V)by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall (W)be made alive. 23 But (X)each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers (Y)the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign (Z)till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 (AA)The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For (AB)“He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 (AC)Now when all things are made subject to Him, then (AD)the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
Effects of Denying the Resurrection
29 Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? 30 And (AE)why do we stand in [e]jeopardy every hour? 31 I affirm, by (AF)the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (AG)I die daily. 32 If, in the manner of men, (AH)I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, (AI)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
33 Do not be deceived: (AJ)“Evil company corrupts good habits.” 34 (AK)Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; (AL)for some do not have the knowledge of God. (AM)I speak this to your shame.
A Glorious Body
35 But someone will say, (AN)“How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” 36 Foolish one, (AO)what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind [f]of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
40 There are also [g]celestial bodies and [h]terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
42 (AP)So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 (AQ)It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, (AR)“The first man Adam became a living being.” (AS)The last Adam became (AT)a life-giving spirit.
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 (AU)The first man was of the earth, (AV)made[i] of dust; the second Man is [j]the Lord (AW)from heaven. 48 As was the [k]man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; (AX)and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And (AY)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (AZ)we[l] shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
Our Final Victory
50 Now this I say, brethren, that (BA)flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a [m]mystery: (BB)We shall not all sleep, (BC)but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. (BD)For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and (BE)this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: (BF)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (BH)the strength of sin is the law. 57 (BI)But thanks be to God, who gives us (BJ)the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 (BK)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing (BL)that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:5 Peter
- 1 Corinthians 15:6 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:18 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:30 danger
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 NU, M omit of flesh
- 1 Corinthians 15:40 heavenly
- 1 Corinthians 15:40 earthly
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 earthy
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 NU omits the Lord
- 1 Corinthians 15:48 earthy
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 M let us also bear
- 1 Corinthians 15:51 hidden truth
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 NU O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?
John 1:33
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33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, (A)this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
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John 17:8
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8 For I have given to them the words (A)which You have given Me; and they have received them, (B)and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that (C)You sent Me.
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John 8:38
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38 (A)I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have [a]seen with your father.”
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- John 8:38 NU heard from
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