Hebrews 7:16
who was not according to the law of corporeal injunctions, but according to the energy of an indissoluble life.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 testified of him: Thou art a priest for ever, after the likeness of Melchisedec.
Cross References
Galatians 4:3So also we, while we were children, were in subordination under the elements of the world.
Colossians 2:14and, by his mandates, he blotted out the handwriting of our debts, which handwriting existed against us, and took it from the midst, and affixed it to his cross.
Hebrews 7:3Of whom neither his father nor his mother are written in the genealogies; nor the commencement of his days, nor the end of his life; but, after the likeness of the Son of God, his priesthood remaineth for ever.
Hebrews 7:21For they became priests without an oath; but this man by an oath. As he said to him by David: The Lord hath sworn, and will not lie, Thou art a priest for ever, after the likeness of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 7:28For the law constituted feeble men priests; but the word of the oath, which was subsequent to the law constituted the Son perfect for ever.
Hebrews 10:1For in the law there was a shadow of the good things to come; not the substance of the things themselves. Therefore, although the same sacrifices were every year offered, they could never perfect those who offered them.
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 →