Hebrews 7:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

That person wasn't appointed because of his ancestors, but because his life can never end.

Cross References

Romans 7:14

We know that the Law is spiritual. But I am merely a human, and I have been sold as a slave to sin.

Galatians 4:3

That is how it was with us. We were like children ruled by the powers of this world.

Galatians 4:9

But now you know God, or better still, God knows you. How can you turn back and become the slaves of those weak and pitiful powers?

Colossians 2:14

God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross.

Colossians 2:20

You died with Christ. Now the forces of the universe don't have any power over you. Why do you live as if you had to obey such rules as,

Hebrews 10:1

The Law of Moses is like a shadow of the good things to come. This shadow isn't the good things themselves, because it cannot free people from sin by the sacrifices that are offered year after year.

Hebrews 7:15

All this becomes clearer, when someone who is like Melchizedek is appointed to be a priest.

Hebrews 7:17

The Scriptures say about him, “You are a priest for ever, just like Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:28

The Law appoints priests who have weaknesses. But God's promise, which came later than the Law, appoints his Son. And he is the perfect high priest for ever.

Hebrews 7:3

We are not told that he had a father or mother or ancestors or beginning or end. He is like the Son of God and will be a priest for ever.

Hebrews 9:14

But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. That's why his blood is much more powerful and makes our consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.

Revelation 1:18

and the living one. I died, but now I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead.