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"This is the covenant that I will make with them: `After those days,` says the Lord, `I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;`" then,
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A Law Written on the Heart
Commentators emphasize that the New Covenant is radically different from the Old. Instead of an external code on stone tablets, God promises to write His laws directly onto the hearts and minds of believers. This signifies an internal transformation where God changes our desires, enabling us to obey Him from a place of love and willingness, not just duty.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whereof the Holy Ghost is a witness to us. That is, the Holy Spirit is a proof of the truth of the position here laid down—that the one at…
With them (προς αυτους). The author changes τω οικω Ισραελ (8:10) thus without altering the sense. He also changes the order of "h…
19th Century
Anglican
I will put my laws.—Rather, putting my laws upon their heart, upon their mind also will I write them. The first …
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Baptist
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Wher…
The writer consistently regards God as the author of Scripture and, as we have seen, ascribes to God words uttered by Moses and others. He does not…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This is the covenant that I will make with them (See Gill on Hebrews 8:10).
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Under the new covenant, or gospel dispensation, full and final pardon can be obtained. This makes a vast difference between the new covenant and th…
13th Century
Catholic
Having considered what was done in both testaments to show the superiority of the New Testament over the Old, the Apostle now proves something he h…
