Hebrews 7:16
which is not made by the law (s) of fleshly commandment (s), but by [the] virtue of (a) life that may not be undone [or is indissoluble]. (who is made a priest not by a system of human laws, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed, or be dissolved.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
Cross References
Galatians 4:3So we, when we were little children, we served under the elements of the world.
Colossians 2:14doing away that writing of (the) decree that was against us, that was contrary to us; and he took away that from the middle, pitching it (or fixing it) on the cross;
Hebrews 7:3without father, without mother, without genealogy, neither having beginning of days, neither end of life; and he is likened to the Son of God, and dwelleth (a) priest [into] without end (or and remaineth a priest forever).
Hebrews 7:21but the others be made priests without an oath; but this priest with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and it shall not rue him, Thou art a priest [into] without end, by the order of Melchisedec; (but the others be made priests without an oath; but this priest with an oath, by him who said to him, or as the Scripture said about him, The Lord swore, and he shall not regret it, Thou art a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek;)
Hebrews 7:28And the law ordained men priests having sickness, [or frailty]; but the word of swearing, which is after the law, ordained the Son perfect [into] without end. (And the Law ordained men to be high priests who were weak, (or frail); but the words of the oath, which came after the Law, (ordained) the Son to be perfect forever.)
Hebrews 10:1For the law having, (or containing, or being but) a shadow of (the) good things to come, not that image of things, may never make men nighing [or coming nigh] perfect by those same sacrifices, (or can never make those who approach become perfect by those same sacrifices), which they offer without ceasing by all years;
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 →