Efesus 1:21

1:21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Efesus 2:9-10

2:9 it is not from ¹  works, so that no one can boast. ²  2:10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them. ³ 

Ibrani 8:6

8:6 But ⁴  now Jesus ⁵  has obtained a superior ministry, since ⁶  the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted ⁷  on better promises. ⁸ 

[2:9]  ¹ tn Or “not as a result of.”

[2:9]  ² tn Grk “lest anyone should boast.”

[2:10]  ³ tn Grk “so that we might walk in them” (or “by them”).

[2:10]  sn So that we may do them. Before the devil began to control our walk in sin and among sinful people, God had already planned good works for us to do.

[8:6]  ⁴ sn The Greek text indicates a contrast between vv. 4-5 and v. 6 that is difficult to render in English: Jesus’ status in the old order of priests (vv. 4-5) versus his superior ministry (v. 6).

[8:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (Jesus) has been specified for clarity.

[8:6]  ⁶ tn Grk “to the degree that.”

[8:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “which is enacted.”

[8:6]  ⁸ sn This linkage of the change in priesthood with a change in the law or the covenant goes back to Heb 7:12, 22 and is picked up again in Heb 9:6-15 and 10:1-18.