Hebrews 7:16
Who is made not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an indissoluble life:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 testifieth: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.
Cross References
Galatians 4:3So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements of the world.
Colossians 2:14Blotting out the handwriting of the decree that was against us, which was contrary to us. And he hath taken the same out of the way, fastening it to the cross:
Hebrews 7:3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.
Hebrews 7:21But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever.)
Hebrews 7:28For the law maketh men priests, who have infirmity: but the word of the oath, which was since the law, the Son who is perfected for evermore.
Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things; by the selfsame sacrifices which they offer continually every year, can never make the comers thereunto perfect:
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 →