15 This is why he is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.
16 For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be established.
17 For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.