Hebrews 7:16 “one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the pow…”

Hebrews 7:16

one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

World English Bible

who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;

American Standard Version

who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

Geneva Bible 1599

Which is not made Priest after the Law of the carnal commandement, but after the power of the endlesse life.

Darby Translation

who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.

Young's Literal Translation

who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,

Bible in Basic English

That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:

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Cross references

“the law”

Galatians 4:3 Galatians 4:9 Colossians 2:20 Hebrews 10:1 Colossians 2:14 Hebrews 9:9

Galatians 4:3 · BSB

So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.

Galatians 4:9 · BSB

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

Colossians 2:20 · BSB

If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

Hebrews 10:1 · BSB

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

Colossians 2:14 · BSB

having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

Hebrews 9:9 · BSB

It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

“the power”

Revelation 1:18 Hebrews 7:3 Hebrews 7:28 Hebrews 7:17 Hebrews 7:21 Hebrews 7:24

Revelation 1:18 · BSB

the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

Hebrews 7:3 · BSB

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

Hebrews 7:28 · BSB

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

Hebrews 7:17 · BSB

For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:21 · BSB

but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

Hebrews 7:24 · BSB

But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

17For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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