Hebrews 9:16
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?
15 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.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,
- KJV
- For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
- WEB
- For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.
- ASV
- For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.
- DARBY
- (For where [there is] a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.
- BLB
- For where [there is] a covenant, [there is] a necessity to bring forth the death of the one having made [it].
- ÅB
- For hvor det er et testament, der er det nødvendig at dens død som har opprettet det, blir godtgjort;
- OTB
- I tilfelle av et testamente, er det nødvendig å fastslå døden til den som laget det,
- B1930
- For hvor det er et testament, der er det nødvendig at dens død som har oprettet det, blir godtgjort;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
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