Hebrews 7:16

New Century Version

He was not made a priest by human rules and laws but through the power of his life, which continues forever.

Cross References

Colossians 2:20

Since you died with Christ and were made free from the ruling spirits of the world, why do you act as if you still belong to this world by following rules like these:

Revelation 1:18

I am the One who lives; I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and to the place of the dead.

Hebrews 10:1

The law is only an unclear picture of the good things coming in the future; it is not the real thing. The people under the law offer the same sacrifices every year, but these sacrifices can never make perfect those who come near to worship God.

Hebrews 7:28

The law chooses high priests who are people with weaknesses, but the word of God’s oath came later than the law. It made God’s Son to be the high priest, and that Son has been made perfect forever.

Hebrews 7:3

No one knows who Melchizedek’s father or mother was, where he came from, when he was born, or when he died. Melchizedek is like the Son of God; he continues being a priest forever.

Colossians 2:14

He canceled the debt, which listed all the rules we failed to follow. He took away that record with its rules and nailed it to the cross.

Galatians 4:9

But now you know the true God. Really, it is God who knows you. So why do you turn back to those weak and useless rules you followed before? Do you want to be slaves to those things again?

Galatians 4:3

It is the same for us. We were once like children, slaves to the useless rules of this world.

Hebrews 7:21

but Christ became a priest with God’s oath. God said: “The Lord has made a promise and will not change his mind. ‘You are a priest forever.’ ”

Hebrews 7:17

It is said about him, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.”

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual, but I am not spiritual since sin rules me as if I were its slave.

Hebrews 7:15

And this becomes even more clear when we see that another priest comes who is like Melchizedek.

Hebrews 9:14

How much more is done by the blood of Christ. He offered himself through the eternal Spirit as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will make our consciences pure from useless acts so we may serve the living God.