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An Internal, Heart-Felt Law
Commentators unanimously highlight that the New Covenant's radical difference is not a new set of rules, but a new location for God's law. Instead of being written on external stone tablets, the law is inscribed "in their inward parts, and in their heart" by the Holy Spirit. Scholars like Calvin and Barnes clarify this isn't a different law in substance, but the same moral law given a new, internal power that transforms a person's desires and will from within, making obedience a matter of love, not just duty.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 31:27–34
18th Century
Theologian
The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the awareness that their discipline has b…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 31:33
19th Century
Bishop
This shall be the covenant ... —The prophet felt that nothing less than this would meet the needs of the…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 31:31–33
19th Century
Preacher
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: not according to …
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 31:33
16th Century
Theologian
He now shows a difference between the Law and the Gospel, for the Gospel brings with it the grace of regeneration; its doctrine, therefore, is not …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 31:33
17th Century
Pastor
But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel; after those days, says the L…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 31:27–34
17th Century
Minister
The people of God shall become numerous and prosperous. In Hebrews 8:8-9, this passage is quoted as the sum of the covenant of grace made with beli…