Jeremiah 31:31-34
Evangelical Heritage Version
The New Covenant
31 Yes, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers,
when I took them by the hand
and led them out of the land of Egypt.
They broke that covenant of mine,
although I was a husband to them, declares the Lord.
33 But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel
after those days,
declares the Lord.
I will put my law[a] in their minds,
and I will write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will each one teach his neighbor,
or each one teach his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord,
for I will forgive their guilt,
and I will remember their sins no more.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:33 The term law here refers to the whole word of God. As verse 34 demonstrates, here the term law does not refer to the natural knowledge of the law written in our hearts, but rather to our knowledge of the gospel.
Romans 3:19-28
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Law Condemns Everyone
19 Now we know that whatever the law says is addressed to those who are under the law,[a] so that every mouth will be silenced and the whole world will be subject to God’s judgment. 20 For this reason, no one[b] will be declared righteous in his sight by works of the law, for through the law we become aware of sin.
A Righteousness Apart From the Law by Faith
21 But now, completely apart from the law, a righteousness from God has been made known. The Law and the Prophets testify to it. 22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all and over all[c] who believe.
In fact, there is no difference, 23 because all have sinned and fall short of the glory[d] of God 24 and are justified[e] freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God publicly displayed as the atonement seat[f] through faith in his blood. God did this to demonstrate his justice, since, in his divine restraint, he had left the sins that were committed earlier unpunished. 26 He did this to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so that he would be both just and the one who justifies the person who has faith in Jesus.
27 What happens to boasting then? It has been eliminated. By what principle[g]—by the principle of works? No, but by the principle of faith. 28 For we conclude that a person is justified by faith without the works of the law.
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- Romans 3:19 Or those in the sphere of the law
- Romans 3:20 Literally flesh
- Romans 3:22 Some witnesses to the text omit and over all.
- Romans 3:23 Or approval
- Romans 3:24 Or declared righteous
- Romans 3:25 The atonement seat was the cover of the Ark of the Covenant. It served as the footstool of God’s throne and was the place where the sacrificial blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement (see Leviticus 16:2,14,15). Christ is the fulfillment of the function of the atonement seat.
- Romans 3:27 In this verse, principle translates the Greek term nomos, which is often translated law.
John 8:31-36
Evangelical Heritage Version
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, you are really my disciples. 32 You will also know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered, “and we have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say, ‘You will be set free’?”
34 Jesus answered, “Amen, Amen, I tell you: Everyone who keeps committing sin is a slave to sin. 35 But a slave does not remain in the family forever. A son does remain forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.
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