Hebrews 7:19

New Century Version

The law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us, and with this hope we can come near to God.

Cross References

Psalm 73:28

But I am close to God, and that is good. The Lord God is my protection. I will tell all that you have done.

Lamentations 3:57

You came near when I called to you; you said, “Don’t be afraid.”

John 1:17

The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

Romans 5:2

who through our faith has brought us into that blessing of God’s grace that we now enjoy. And we are happy because of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory.

Romans 7:7

You might think I am saying that sin and the law are the same thing. That is not true. But the law was the only way I could learn what sin meant. I would never have known what it means to want to take something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, “You must not want to take your neighbor’s things.”

Romans 8:3

The law was without power, because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that others use for sin. By sending his Son to be an offering for sin, God used a human life to destroy sin.

Galatians 2:16

Yet we know that a person is made right with God not by following the law, but by trusting in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus, that we might be made right with God because we trusted in Christ. It is not because we followed the law, because no one can be made right with God by following the law.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law is against God’s promises? Never! That would be true only if the law could make us right with God. But God did not give a law that can bring life.

Galatians 3:24

In other words, the law was our guardian leading us to Christ so that we could be made right with God through faith.

Ephesians 3:12

In Christ we can come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this through faith in Christ.

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know this rich and glorious secret which he has for all people. This secret is Christ himself, who is in you. He is our only hope for glory.

1 Timothy 1:1

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope.

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 11:40

God planned to give us something better so that they would be made perfect, but only together with us.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as a Son over God’s house. And we are God’s house if we confidently maintain our hope.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us, then, feel very sure that we can come before God’s throne where there is grace. There we can receive mercy and grace to help us when we need it.

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.

Hebrews 7:11

The people were given the law concerning the system of priests from the tribe of Levi, but they could not be made perfect through that system. So there was a need for another priest to come, a priest like Melchizedek, not Aaron.

Hebrews 7:20

It is important that God did this with an oath. Others became priests without an oath,

Hebrews 7:25

So he is able always to save those who come to God through him because he always lives, asking God to help them.

Hebrews 8:6

But the priestly work that has been given to Jesus is much greater than the work that was given to the other priests. In the same way, the new agreement that Jesus brought from God to his people is much greater than the old one. And the new agreement is based on promises of better things.

Hebrews 9:9

This is an example for the present time. It shows that the gifts and sacrifices offered cannot make the conscience of the worshiper perfect.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.