Hebrews 7:16
and who didn't become a priest by virtue of his human ancestry but by the power of a life that cannot be ended.
Free Bible 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
15What makes it even clearer is when another priest appears who is similar to Melchizedek,
17That's why it says, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Cross References
Galatians 4:3It's just the same for us. When we were children, we were slaves subject to the basic rules of the law.
Colossians 2:14He wiped out the record of our debts according to the Law that was written down against us; he took away this barrier by nailing it to the cross.
Hebrews 7:3We don't have any information about his father or his mother or his family tree. We don't know when he was born or when he died. Like the Son of God he continues as a priest forever.
Hebrews 7:21But he became a priest with an oath because God told him, “The Lord has taken a solemn vow and will not change his mind: You are a priest forever.”
Hebrews 7:28The law appoints imperfect men as high priests, but God gave his solemn vow after the law, and appointed his Son, perfect forever.
Hebrews 10:1The law is just a shadow of the good that was to come, and not the actual reality. So it can never through the repeated sacrifices offered year after year make right those who come to worship God.
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 →