Hebrews 7:19

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The law didn’t make anything perfect, but a better hope has now been given to us, and it brings us near to God.

Cross References

Acts 13:39

Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin. Moses’ law cannot make you right in God’s eyes.

Hebrews 4:16

So let’s approach God’s throne of grace confidently, because we’ll receive mercy there and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Hebrews 9:9

It’s an illustration of the present time, when gifts and sacrifices are offered that can’t give the worshiper a clear conscience.

Romans 8:3

God did what the written law was not able to do, since it was weakened by our sinful desires. God sent his Son to be an offering for sin. He sent him in human form like those who are susceptible to sin. When God did this, he passed judgment against sin so that it could no longer control people through their wrong desires.

Hebrews 11:40

That’s because God had planned something better for us. God wanted to make them perfect only when he could make us perfect with them.

Hebrews 10:1

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming. It’s not the real things themselves. That’s why the law can never, through the same sacrifices that are repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect the people who come near to worship.

Hebrews 6:18

That’s why he swore an oath. Then there were two things that guaranteed God was telling the truth: his promise and his oath. He gave us those two things so that we’d be very encouraged as we run to take hold of the hope that has been set before us.

Romans 5:2

Through him we have access, by faith, to that grace in which we are established, and we pride ourselves in the hope of the glory of God.

Hebrews 8:6

But Jesus has been given a greater work to do for God. He’s the mediator of a new covenant. It’s better than the old one, because it’s based on better promises. Jesus’ work is greater than the work of the earthly priests, just as much as the new covenant is better than the old one.

Hebrews 7:25

That’s why he’s able to save completely and for all time people who come to God through him. Jesus never stops praying for them.

Galatians 2:16

But even though we’re used to following the law, we still know that no one can be made right with God that way. Instead, a person needs to believe in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus to be made right with God. We’re not trying to do that by obeying the law, because no one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Hebrews 7:11

If the priests who came from Levi’s family could have made the people perfect by what they did at the temple, then why would another priest have to come who wasn’t in the order of Aaron, but in the order of Melchizedek? The law that was given to the people said that priests had to come from Levi’s family line.

1 Timothy 1:1

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, as commanded by God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope.

Colossians 1:27

God has chosen to make known to them the glorious riches of that mystery among the Gentiles. And here’s what it is: Christ is in you, the hope of glory.

Ephesians 3:12

Through him and through faith in him we can approach God freely and confidently.

Galatians 3:24

So the law was put in charge of us until Christ came. He came so that we could be shown to be in the right because of faith.

John 1:17

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

Romans 7:7

What should we say then? That the law is sinful? Not at all! But I wouldn’t have known what sin was unless the law had told me. The law says, “Do not covet.” If the law hadn’t said that, I wouldn’t have known that wanting what belongs to other people was “coveting,” and that it was wrong.

Galatians 3:21

So is the law opposed to God’s promises? Certainly not! If a law had been given that could give life, then people could become right with God by obeying that law.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful over God’s house as his Son. And we are his house, if we hold tightly to our courage and the hope we boast about.

Hebrews 7:20

Notice that God changed the priests by swearing an oath. The ones from Levi’s family line became priests without God swearing an oath.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith it’s impossible to please God, because those who come to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who try hard to find him.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he’ll come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who can’t make up your minds.