Hebrews 9:15-17

WPNT(i) 15 For this reason He is mediator of a new covenant, so that those who have been called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant. 16 Now where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be established; 17 because a will is in force after men are dead, since it never takes effect while the one who made it lives.