Hebrews 7:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless”
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“So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 7:18 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 13:39Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
- Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
- Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
- Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
- Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- 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?
- Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
- 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
- Hebrews 7:11Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- Hebrews 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
- Hebrews 8:7For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
- 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.
- Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).