Hebrews 9:15
Good News Translation
For this reason Christ is the one who arranges a new covenant, so that those who have been called by God may receive the eternal blessings that God has promised. This can be done because there has been a death which sets people free from the wrongs they did while the first covenant was in effect.

New Revised Standard Version
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.

Contemporary English Version
Christ died to rescue those who had sinned and broken the old agreement. Now he brings his chosen ones a new agreement with its guarantee of God's eternal blessings!

New American Bible
For this reason he is mediator of a new covenant: since a death has taken place for deliverance from transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by means of his death for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by means of his death for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

the mediator.

Hebrews 7:22 By so much is Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Hebrews 8:6 But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament which is established on better promises.

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.

1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God: and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus:

the new.

Hebrews 8:8 For, finding fault with them, he saith: Behold the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect, unto the house of Israel and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:

2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter but in the spirit. For the letter killeth: but the spirit quickeneth.

means.

Hebrews 9:16,28 For where there is a testament the death of the testator must of necessity come in. . . .

Hebrews 2:14 Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil:

Hebrews 13:20 And may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the blood of the everlasting testament,

Isaiah 53:10-12 And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a longlived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand. . . .

Daniel 9:26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people, with their leader, that shall come, shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.

for.

Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.

Hebrews 11:40 God providing some better thing for us, that they should not be perfected without us.

Romans 3:24-26 Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, . . .

Romans 5:6,8,10 For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly? . . .

Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his, grace,

1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,

Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

Revelation 14:3,4 And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne and before the four living creatures and the ancients: and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand who were purchased from the earth. . . .

the first.

Hebrews 9:1 The former indeed had also justifications of divine service and a sanctuary.

Hebrews 8:7,13 For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second. . . .

they which.

Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly vocation consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus:

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Romans 8:28,30 And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. . . .

Romans 9:24 Even us, whom also he hath called, not only of the Jews but also of the Gentiles.

2 Thessalonians 2:14 Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

promise.

Hebrews 6:13 For God making promises to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself,

Hebrews 11:13,39,40 All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth. . . .

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him.

1 John 2:25 And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting.

eternal.

Psalm 37:18 The Lord knoweth the days of the undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Matthew 19:29 And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.

Matthew 25:34,36 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. . . .

Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man, running up and kneeling before him, asked him: Good Master, what shall I do that I may receive life everlasting?

Luke 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life?

John 10:28 And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.

Titus 1:2 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:

Titus 3:7 That, being justified by his grace, we may be heirs according to hope of life everlasting.

1 Peter 1:3,4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead: . . .

1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you and confirm you and establish you.

Context
Redemption through His Blood
14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God? 15And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by means of his death for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16For where there is a testament the death of the testator must of necessity come in.…
Cross References
Matthew 22:3
And he sent his servants to call them that were invited to the marriage: and they would not come.

Luke 22:20
In like manner, the chalice also, after he had supped, saying: This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you.

Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, who is able to build up and to give an inheritance among all the sanctified.

Romans 3:24
Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Romans 8:28
And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.

Romans 8:30
And whom he predestinated, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Galatians 3:20
Now a mediator is not of one: but God is one.

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God: and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus:

Hebrews 3:1
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly vocation consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus:

Hebrews 6:15
And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise.

Hebrews 8:6
But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament which is established on better promises.

Hebrews 8:8
For, finding fault with them, he saith: Behold the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect, unto the house of Israel and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:

Hebrews 8:13
Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old is near its end.

Hebrews 9:12
Neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:16
For where there is a testament the death of the testator must of necessity come in.

Hebrews 10:34
For you both had compassion on them that were in bands and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance.

Hebrews 10:36
For patience is necessary for you: that, doing the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Hebrews 11:39
And all these, being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise:

Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.

Hebrews 9:14
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