"And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgress…" — Hebrews 9:15

Hebrews 9:15 · KJV

“And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions {that were} under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”

— Hebrews 9:15

Verse 14

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? {spot: or, fault}

Verse 16

For where a testament {is}, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. {be: or, be brought in}

Hebrews 9 — Context

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? {spot: or, fault}

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions {that were} under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

For where a testament {is}, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. {be: or, be brought in}

For a testament {is} of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Cross References

Romans 3:24-26

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Romans 8:30

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Hebrews 9:12

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption {for us}.

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to {his} purpose.

Hebrews 10:36

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

1 Timothy 2:5

For {there is} one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than {that of} Abel. {covenant: or, testament}

John 10:28

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any {man} pluck them out of my hand.