Hebrews 7:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.”
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“one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.”
King James Version · Public Domain“who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 7:16 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Galatians 4:3So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
- Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
- Colossians 2:14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
- Colossians 2:20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
- Hebrews 7:3Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
- Hebrews 7:17For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 7:21but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- Hebrews 7:24But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
- Hebrews 7:28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
- Hebrews 9:9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
- Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- Revelation 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
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