Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
KJV
Εἰ γὰρ ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνη ἦν ἄμεμπτος, οὐκ ἂν δευτέρας ἐζητεῖτο τόπος·
Greek NT
Nam si illud prius culpa vacasset, non utique secundi locus inquireretur.
Vulgate
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
ASV
For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δεύτερος
deuteros
adjective · 42×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
τόπος
topos
noun · 95×
ἄμεμπτος
amemptos
adjective · 5×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews · 3 passages
1. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls His coming in the flesh an exodus [or going out]: as when He says, The sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3 And again, I went out from the Father, and have come. John 16:28 And in many places one may see this. But Paul calls it an [eisodus or] coming in, saying, And when again He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, meaning by this Bringing…
1. Paul mixes the lowly things with the lofty, ever imitating his Master, so that the lowly become the path to the lofty, and through the former we are led to the latter, and when we are amid the great things we learn that these [lowly ones] were a condescension. This accordingly he does here also. After declaring that He offered up Himself, and showing Him to be a High Priest,…
1. He has shown from the Priest, from the Priesthood, from the Covenant, that that [dispensation] was to have an end. From this point he shows it from the fashion of the tabernacle itself. How? This, he says, [was] the Holy and the Holy of Holies. The holy place then is a symbol of the former period (for there all things are done by means of sacrifices); but the Holy of Holies …
Cross-references
- Gal 3:21 — Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
- Heb 7:11 — If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and no
- Heb 7:11 — If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and no
- Heb 7:18 — For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
- Heb 7:18 — For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
- Heb 8:6 — But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- Heb 8:6 — But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- Heb 10:9 — Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.