Hebrews 7:16
It was not based on the law of fleshly descent that he became a priest, but instead was based on the power of an everlasting life.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 we say is clearer yet if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek.
17For scripture witnesses about him: 1 “You are a priest forever 1 after the manner of Melchizedek.”
Cross References
Galatians 4:3So also, when we were children, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world.
Colossians 2:14He canceled the written record of debts that stood against us with its regulations. He took it away by nailing it to the cross.
Hebrews 7:3He is without father, without mother, without ancestors, with neither beginning of days nor end of life. Instead, he resembles the Son of God, because he remains a priest forever.
Hebrews 7:21but he became a priest when God said to him, 1 “The Lord has sworn and he will not change his mind: 1 'You are a priest forever.'”
Hebrews 7:28For the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses. But the word of the oath, which came after the law, appointed a Son, who has been made perfect forever.
Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the real forms of those things themselves. Those who approach God can never be made perfect by the same sacrifices that the priests continually bring year after year.
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 →