The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 5:6 - New Revised Standard Version as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchisedec. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As He says also in another place, You are a Priest [appointed] forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek. [Ps. 110:4.] American Standard Version (1901) as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek. Common English Bible as he also says in another place, “You are a priest forever, ” “according to the order of Melchizedek.” Catholic Public Domain Version And similarly, he says in another place: "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As he saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech. |
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Now if perfection had been attainable through the levitical priesthood—for the people received the law under this priesthood—what further need would there have been to speak of another priest arising according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?
It is even more obvious when another priest arises, resembling Melchizedek,
For it is attested of him, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
but this one became a priest with an oath, because of the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’ ”—
Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
In the one case, tithes are received by those who are mortal; in the other, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.