Aliança
A aliança é o modo como Deus se relaciona com seu povo. Da aliança com Noé à Nova Aliança em Cristo, Deus se compromete com amor e fidelidade irrevogáveis.
Alianças com Israel
Deus firmou aliança com Abraão, Moisés e Davi. No arco-íris, na lei, nas promessas — Ele é o Deus da aliança.
Alianças renovadas
O povo renovava a aliança diante do Senhor. A fidelidade de Deus permanece mesmo quando o povo falha.
Nova Aliança
Eis que dias vêm em que farei nova aliança. Jesus é mediador de uma aliança superior, fundamentada em melhores promessas.
Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο διαθήκης καινῆς Μεσίτης ἐστίν, ὅπως—θανάτου γενομένου εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν ἐπὶ τῇ πρώτῃ διαθήκῃ παραβάσεων—τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν λάβωσιν οἱ κεκλημένοι τῆς αἰωνίου κληρονομίας.
Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο διαθήκης καινῆς Μεσίτης ἐστίν, ὅπως—θανάτου γενομένου εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν ἐπὶ τῇ πρώτῃ διαθήκῃ παραβάσεων—τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν λάβωσιν οἱ κεκλημένοι τῆς αἰωνίου κληρονομίας.
νυνὶ35 ℵA [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ νυν 𝕻46B [2%] δὲ διαφορωτέρας τέτευχεν35 B [40%] OC,TR ¦ τετυχεν 𝕻46ℵA [50%] RP,HF,NU ¦ τετυχηκεν [10%] CP (These are alternate forms of the perfect [apparently], so the meaning remains the same; τετυχεν appears to be a simplification of the older form.) λειτουργίας, ὅσῳ καὶ ¦ --- [10%] CP κρείττονός ἐστιν διαθήκης Μεσίτης, ἥτις ἐπὶ κρείττοσιν ἐπαγγελίαις νενομοθέτηται.
Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης—ὁ ἀναγαγὼν ἐκ νεκρῶν τὸν Ποιμένα τῶν προβάτων τὸν μέγαν ἐν αἵματι διαθήκης αἰωνίου, τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν35 𝕻46ℵA,C [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 χριστον [10%] CP— καταρτίσαι ὑμᾶς ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ35 C (96.9%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και λογω A (1.4%) ¦ --- ℵ (1.4%) NU ¦ τω 𝕻46 ἀγαθῷ εἰς τὸ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, ποιῶν ἐν ὑμῖν35 A,C [70%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ημιν 𝕻46ℵ [30%] NU τὸ εὐάρεστον ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.35 ℵA(C) [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR[NU] ¦ --- 𝕻46 [15%] CP Ἀμήν.
ὃς καὶ ἱκάνωσεν ἡμᾶς διακόνους καινῆς διαθήκης· οὐ γράμματος, ἀλλὰ Πνεύματος, τὸ γὰρ γράμμα ἀποκτένει,35 𝕻46ℵA,C [60%] RP,HF,CP ¦ αποκτεννει [35%] OC,NU ¦ αποκτεινει B [5%] TR τὸ δὲ Πνεῦμα ζωοποιεῖ.
ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα. Αὗται γάρ εἰσιν35 𝕻46A,B,C [92%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ 1 αι ℵ [8%] TR δύο διαθῆκαι· μία μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σινᾶ, εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα, ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἄγαρ35 OC,TR,CP ¦ ἁγαρ RP,HF,NU (τὸ γὰρ Ἄγαρ35 (90.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ℵC (2.5%) ¦ 2 (0.3%) ¦ δε 2 A,B (5%) NU ¦ δε 𝕻46 (alone) ¦ three long omissions [homoioteleuton] (1.7%) Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ ¦ συστυχει [20%] ¦ συνστοιχει 𝕻46B [0.5%] ¦ six further spellings [3%] δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἱερουσαλήμ,35 [80%] RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ἰερουσαλημ [20%] HF,NU (Unless an uncial consistently marks breathing, the absence of a mark cannot be trusted.) δουλεύει δὲ35 [61%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ γαρ 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [4%] NU ¦ νυν [35%] μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς)· ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ πάντων35 A [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵB,C [3%] NU ἡμῶν.
Fidelidade da aliança
A aliança de Deus é eterna. Ele não quebra seu pacto nem altera o que saiu dos seus lábios.