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 :''By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one '''obsolete'''; and what is '''obsolete and outdated''' will soon disappear.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Heb 8:13.</ref>
+==The rules under the new covenant==
 Hebrews 1:1–2 helps us understand why we no longer need "Thus saith the Lord" in the new covenant:
-:''God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son...
+:'' In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Heb 1:1–2.</ref>
+Peter goes on to tell us that:
+:''His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 2 Pe 1:3.</ref>
 ==The rules under the old covenant==