Hebrews 7:19
For the lawe made nothynge parfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope by which hope we drawe nye vnto god.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18Then the commaundment that went a fore is disanulled because of hir weaknes and vnproffitablenes.
20And for this cause it is a better hope that it was not promysed with out an othe.
Cross References
John 14:6Iesus sayd vnto him: I am the waye the truthe and the life. And no man cometh vnto the father but by me.
Romans 3:20For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of synne.
Romans 8:3For what the lawe coulde not doo in as moche it was weake because of the flesshe: that performed God and sent his sonne in the similitude of synfull flesshe and by synne daned synne in the flesshe:
Galatians 3:24Wherfore the lawe was oure scolemaster vnto the tyme of Christ that we might be made rightewes by fayth.
Ephesians 3:12by whom we are bolde to drawe nye in ye trust which we have by faith on him.
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 →