I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- KJV A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
- NKJV I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
- NASB Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
- NLT And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
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Quick answer
God promises a new heart and a new spirit, replacing the heart of stone with a heart of flesh. He pledges to transform people from within.
Overview
At the core of the new covenant is inward transformation: God removes the hardened, unresponsive heart and gives a tender, living one. This is regeneration, the new birth. Jesus pointed Nicodemus to such Spirit-wrought renewal, fulfilled for all who are united to Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 11:19–20And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
- Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- John 3:3–5Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
- Deut 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- 2 Cor 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
- Jer 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Eph 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Rev 21:5And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
- 2 Cor 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Gal 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- Zech 7:12They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
- Matt 13:20–21The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
- Mark 4:16–17Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
- Matt 13:5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
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The promise of one Shepherd-King David, a new heart and new Spirit, and the river of life flowing from the temple all stream toward Christ, the good Shepherd who gives the Spirit.
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