Hebrews 7:19
17 For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
18 So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
20 And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
21 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.’”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
- KJV
- For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
- WEB
- (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
- ASV
- (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.
- DARBY
- (for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.
- BLB
- (for the law perfected nothing), and the introduction of a better hope, by which we draw near to God.
- ÅB
- loven førte jo ikke noe fram til fullkommenhet - og et bedre håp føres inn, så vi kan nærme oss til Gud.
- OTB
- (for Loven gjorde ingenting fullkomment), og et bedre håp blir introdusert, gjennom hvilket vi nærmer oss Gud.
- B1930
- loven førte jo ikke noget frem til fullkommenhet - og et bedre håp føres inn, så vi kan nærme oss til Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 13:39
Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
Read in contextHebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Read in contextHebrews 9:9
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
Read in contextRomans 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
Read in contextHebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Read in contextRomans 5:2
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Read in contextHebrews 10:1
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.
Read in contextHebrews 11:40
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
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