The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
Parallel translations
- WEB The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
- KJV Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
- NKJV But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,
- NASB And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,
- NLT And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For he says,
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The Holy Spirit also bears witness to this truth through Scripture. The author appeals to the Spirit's testimony in the prophets.
Overview
The writer introduces another quotation from Jeremiah 31, attributing it directly to the Holy Spirit. This affirms the divine inspiration of Scripture and grounds the argument in God's own word. The Spirit confirms that the new covenant brings full and final forgiveness.
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Cross-references · 17
- Heb 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- 2 Pet 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
- Rev 3:6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Rev 2:11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
- Acts 28:25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
- Rev 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
- Rev 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Rev 3:22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
- Rev 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
- Rev 3:13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- 2 Sam 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- 1 Pet 1:11–12trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- Neh 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- Heb 9:8By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
- Heb 2:3–4how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
- Rev 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
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