Hebrews 7:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ So a previous physical regulation and command is cancelled because of its weakness and ineffectiveness and uselessness–

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

Common English Bible

¹⁸ On the one hand, an earlier command is set aside because it was weak and useless

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Certainly, there is a setting aside of the former commandment, because of its weakness and lack of usefulness.

Hebrews 7:18 Cross References

Romans 8:3

For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Acts 13:39

by this Jesus everyone who believes is set free from all those sins from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope through which we approach God.

Galatians 4:9

Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental principles? How can you want to be enslaved to them again?

1 Timothy 4:8

for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who observe them.

Galatians 3:17

My point is this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Galatians 4:21

Tell me, you who desire to be subject to the law, will you not listen to the law?

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, I give an example from daily life: once a person’s will has been ratified, no one adds to it or annuls it.

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.