"For where a testament {is}, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. {be: or, be brought in}" — Hebrews 9:16

Hebrews 9:16 · KJV

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

— Hebrews 9:16

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.

Verse 17

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

Hebrews 9 — Context

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}

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.

Whereupon neither the first {testament} was dedicated without blood. {dedicated: or, purified}

Cross References

James 2:10

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one {point}, he is guilty of all.

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin {is} death; but the gift of God {is} eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 5:12

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: {for that: or, in whom}