Hebrews 7:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

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  • Heb 4:16 : 16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
  • Heb 9:9 : 9 And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,
  • Acts 13:39 : 39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.
  • Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
  • Heb 7:11 : 11 Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.
  • Heb 8:6 : 6 But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus, 20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a great priest over the house of God, 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
  • Heb 11:40 : 40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
  • Gal 3:24 : 24 So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.
  • Eph 2:13-18 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, 15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; 16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. 17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near; 18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
  • Eph 3:12 : 12 By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.
  • Col 1:27 : 27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • 1 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;
  • Rom 3:20-21 : 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;
  • Rom 5:2 : 2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
  • Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

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  • Heb 7:15-18
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    15 And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,

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

    17 For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

    18 So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

  • Heb 10:1
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    1 For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

  • Heb 7:20-22
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    20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath

    21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

    22 By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

  • Heb 8:6-8
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    6 But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

    7 For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.

    8 For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;

  • Heb 7:11-12
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    11 Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

    12 Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11 But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

  • Heb 11:40
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    40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

  • Heb 6:17-20
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    17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

    18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

    19 And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;

    20 Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 9:6-9
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    6 Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

    7 But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

    8 The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

    9 And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

  • Heb 10:19-21
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    19 So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus,

    20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

    21 And having a great priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 7:25-26
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    25 So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

    26 It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1 Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

  • Heb 10:14-15
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    14 Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

    15 And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,

  • Heb 8:1-2
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    1 Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

    2 As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.

  • Heb 9:22-24
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    22 And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.

    23 For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

    24 For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

  • Heb 4:14-16
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    14 Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.

    15 For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

    16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

  • Heb 10:8-10
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    8 After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them,

    9 Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

    10 By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.

  • Gal 3:17
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    17 Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

  • Heb 6:1
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    1 For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,

  • Heb 8:13
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    13 When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.

  • Heb 8:4
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    4 If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

  • Heb 9:15
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    15 And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

  • Heb 7:3
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    3 Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

  • Heb 5:9
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    9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;