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Hebrews 7:19

HopeGod's presenceThe law

17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

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:

21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

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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.

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  • Acts 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.

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  • Hebrews 4:16

    Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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  • Hebrews 9:9

    Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

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  • 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:

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  • Hebrews 6:18

    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

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  • Romans 5:2

    By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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  • Hebrews 10:1

    For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

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  • Hebrews 11:40

    God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

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