Hebrews 7:18
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
- KJV
- For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
- WEB
- For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
- ASV
- For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness
- DARBY
- For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,
- BLB
- For indeed, there is a putting away of the preceding commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
- ÅB
- For et eldre bud settes ut av kraft, fordi det var svakt og unyttig -
- OTB
- Den forrige forskriften settes til side fordi den var svak og ineffektiv.
- B1930
- For et eldre bud settes ut av kraft, fordi det var svakt og unyttig -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 8:3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Read in contextActs 13:39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Read in contextHebrews 7:11–12
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?
Read in contextGalatians 4:9
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Read in contextHebrews 8:7–13
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Read in contextHebrews 7:19
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Read in context1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Read in contextGalatians 3:17
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
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