New Covenant - New Contract

Japanese: 新しい契約 - あたらしいけいやく
New Covenant - New Contract

… The New Testament originally expressed this covenant as the Greek word diatheke, which means “will,” but it is a translation of the Old Testament word beris and inherited the idea from the Old Testament. However, it teaches that the Old Testament covenant was the “old covenant” (2 Corinthians 3:14), which could not establish a covenant relationship between God and man, and therefore Jesus Christ established the “new covenant.” This is because in the “old covenant,” man is unable to keep the covenant because of sin, but Christ atones for that sin and restores man to a relationship with God. …

*Some of the glossaries that refer to the "new covenant" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 新約聖書はこの契約を元来〈遺言〉を意味するギリシア語〈ディアテケdiathēkē〉という語でいいあらわしたが,それは旧約の〈ベリース〉の訳語であり旧約の思想を受けついだものである。しかし旧約の契約は〈古い契約〉(《コリント人への第2の手紙》3:14)であって,それによっては神と人間との契約関係は成立できず,それゆえイエス・キリストは〈新しい契約〉を樹立したと教える。それは〈古い契約〉においては人間は罪のゆえに契約を守ることができないのであるが,キリストはその罪を贖(あがな)うことによって人間を神との関係へと立ち返らせるからである。…

※「新しい契約」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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