8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. 1
8:13 When he speaks of a new covenant, 2 he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear. 3
1 tn Grk “no occasion for a second one would have been sought.”
2 tn Grk “when he says, ‘new,’” (referring to the covenant).
3 tn Grk “near to disappearing.”