Hebrews 7:16
who was made, not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the virtue of an indissoluble life.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
In Context
17For he testifies: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Cross References
Galatians 4:3So also we, when we were children, were subservient to the influences of the world.
Colossians 2:14and wiping away the handwriting of the decree which was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken this away from your midst, affixing it to the Cross.
Hebrews 7:3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, he is thereby likened to the Son of God, who remains a priest continuously.
Hebrews 7:21But this man was made a priest with an oath, by the One who said to him: “The Lord has sworn and he will not repent. You are a priest forever.”
Hebrews 7:28For the law appoints men as priests, though they have infirmities. But, by the word of the oath that is after the law, the Son has been perfected for eternity.
Hebrews 10:1For the law contains the shadow of future good things, not the very image of these things. So, by the very same sacrifices which they offer ceaselessly each year, they can never cause these to approach perfection.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 7:12-28
Melchisedec and Christ Compared. ( a. d. 62.) 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that… Read the whole commentary →