Bible Cross References
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Galatians 4:1-6
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But now to continue---the son who will receive his father's property is treated just like a slave while he is young, even though he really owns everything.
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While he is young, there are men who take care of him and manage his affairs until the time set by his father.
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In the same way, we too were slaves of the ruling spirits of the universe before we reached spiritual maturity.
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But when the right time finally came, God sent his own Son. He came as the son of a human mother and lived under the Jewish Law,
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to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might become God's children.
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To show that you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who cries out, "Father, my Father."
Romans 6:14
Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.
Romans 7:4
That is how it is with you, my friends. As far as the Law is concerned, you also have died because you are part of the body of Christ; and now you belong to him who was raised from death in order that we might be useful in the service of God.
Hebrews 7:11-19
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It was on the basis of the levitical priesthood that the Law was given to the people of Israel. Now, if the work of the levitical priests had been perfect, there would have been no need for a different kind of priest to appear, one who is in the priestly order of Melchizedek, not of Aaron.
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For when the priesthood is changed, there also has to be a change in the law.
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And our Lord, of whom these things are said, belonged to a different tribe, and no member of his tribe ever served as a priest.
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It is well known that he was born a member of the tribe of Judah; and Moses did not mention this tribe when he spoke of priests.
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The matter becomes even plainer; a different priest has appeared, who is like Melchizedek.
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He was made a priest, not by human rules and regulations, but through the power of a life which has no end.
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For the scripture says, "You will be a priest forever, in the priestly order of Melchizedek."
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The old rule, then, is set aside, because it was weak and useless.
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For the Law of Moses could not make anything perfect. And now a better hope has been provided through which we come near to God.
Hebrews 8:3-13
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Every high priest is appointed to present offerings and animal sacrifices to God, and so our High Priest must also have something to offer.
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If he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer the gifts required by the Jewish Law.
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The work they do as priests is really only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the Sacred Tent, God told him, "Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain."
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But now, Jesus has been given priestly work which is superior to theirs, just as the covenant which he arranged between God and his people is a better one, because it is based on promises of better things.
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If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would have been no need for a second one.
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But God finds fault with his people when he says, "The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
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It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them, and so I paid no attention to them.
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Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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None of them will have to teach their friends or tell their neighbors, 'Know the Lord.' For they will all know me, from the least to the greatest.
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I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs."
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By speaking of a new covenant, God has made the first one old; and anything that becomes old and worn out will soon disappear.
Hebrews 10:15-18
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And the Holy Spirit also gives us his witness. First he says,
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"This is the covenant that I will make with them in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts and write them on their minds."
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And then he says, "I will not remember their sins and evil deeds any longer."
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So when these have been forgiven, an offering to take away sins is no longer needed.