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Prophecy · covenant · Confidence: high · curated

The New Covenant

Cited scripture

  • Jer 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
  • Jer 31:32 — Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unt
  • Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
  • Jer 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: fo

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5 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

Historic voices touch this

21 passages from 10 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

  • Catechism of the Catholic Church · 6 passages
  • Canons of Dort · 4 passages
  • Summa Theologica · 3 passages
  • Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses) · 2 passages
  • Homilies on Matthew · 1 passage
  • Homilies on the Gospel of John · 1 passage
  • City of God · 1 passage
  • Second Helvetic Confession · 1 passage
  • Homilies on the Epistle to the Romans · 1 passage
  • Confessions · 1 passage