Hebrews 7:16
and hold His office not in obedience to any temporary Law, but by virtue of an indestructible Life.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 the words are in evidence, "Thou art a priest for ever, belonging to the order of Melchizedek."
Cross References
Galatians 4:3So we also, when spiritually we were children, were subject to the world's rudimentary notions, and were enslaved.
Colossians 2:14The bond, with its requirements, which was in force against us and was hostile to us, He cancelled, and cleared it out of the way, nailing it to His Cross.
Hebrews 7:3with no father or mother, and no record of ancestry: having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made a type of the Son of God--this man Melchizedek remains a priest for ever.
Hebrews 7:21for these men hold office without any oath having been taken, but He holds it attested by an oath from Him who said to Him, "The Lord has sworn and will not recall His words, Thou art a Priest for ever" --
Hebrews 7:28For the Law constitutes men High Priests--men with all their infirmity--but the utterance of the oath, which came later than the Law, constitutes High Priest a Son who has been made for ever perfect.
Hebrews 10:1For, since the Law exhibits only an outline of the blessings to come and not a perfect representation of the things themselves, the priests can never, by repeating the same sacrifices which they continually offer year after year, give complete freedom from sin to those who draw near.
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 →