⁶ But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the ^(A)mediator of ^(B)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

A New Covenant

⁷ For ^(C)if that first covenant had been free of fault, no ^[a]circumstances would have been sought for a second. ⁸ For in finding fault with ^[b]the people, He says,

He then says,

⁵ For there is ^(A)one God, and ^(B)one mediator also between God and mankind, the ^(C)man Christ Jesus,

²⁴ and to Jesus, the ^(A)mediator of a new covenant, and to the ^(B)sprinkled blood, which speaks better than ^(C)the blood of Abel.

^3 [a]And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact ^(A)representation of His nature, and ^[b](B)upholds all things by ^[c]the word of His power. When He had made ^(C)purification of sins, He ^(D)sat down at the right hand of the ^(E)Majesty on high,