Hebrews 7:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

Flere versioner

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now if perfection (a perfect fellowship between God and the worshiper) had been attainable by the Levitical priesthood–for under it the people were given the Law–why was it further necessary that there should arise another and different kind of Priest, one after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one appointed after the order and rank of Aaron?

American Standard Version (1901)

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

Common English Bible

So if perfection came through the levitical office of priest (for the people received the Law under the priests), why was there still a need to speak about raising up another priest according to the order of Melchizedek rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, if consummation had occurred through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), then what further need would there be for another Priest to rise up according to the order of Melchizedek, one who was not called according to the order of Aaron?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If then perfection was by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchisedech, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:11 Krydshenvisninger

Galatians 2:21

I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

Galatians 4:3

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

Galatians 4:9

but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known of God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

Hebrews 5:10

named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 5:6

as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 6:20

whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:10

for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.

Hebrews 7:12

For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Hebrews 7:13

For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.

Hebrews 7:15

And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,

Hebrews 7:21

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);

Hebrews 8:7

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

Hebrews 9:6

Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;