Hebrews 7:19

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(for the law made nothing perfect), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

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  • Heb 4:16 : 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.
  • Heb 9:9 : 9 This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience.
  • Acts 13:39 : 39 Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
  • Heb 7:11 : 11 If perfection could have been achieved through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), why was there still a need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
  • Heb 8:6 : 6 But now Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry, as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, 21 and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Heb 11:40 : 40 Since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.
  • Gal 3:24 : 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.
  • Eph 2:13-18 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility. 15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death. 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  • Eph 3:12 : 12 In Him we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.
  • Col 1:27 : 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
  • 1 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope,
  • Rom 3:20-21 : 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets.
  • Rom 5:2 : 2 Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
  • Ps 73:28 : 28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'

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  • Heb 7:15-18
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    15And this becomes even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

    16one who has become a priest not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.

    17For it is testified: 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'

    18The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless,

  • 1For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

  • Heb 7:20-22
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    20And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,

    21but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: 'The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: You are a priest forever.'

    22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

  • 28For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

  • Heb 8:6-8
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    6But now Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry, as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.

    7If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one.

    8But finding fault with them, he says: 'Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.'

  • Heb 7:11-12
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    11If perfection could have been achieved through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), why was there still a need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

    12For when there is a change in the priesthood, there must also be a change in the law.

  • 11But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

  • 40Since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

  • Heb 6:17-20
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    17Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

    18So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

    19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

    20where Jesus, the forerunner for us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 9:6-9
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    6When these things were arranged this way, the priests would regularly enter the first room of the tabernacle to perform their ministry.

    7But only the high priest entered the second room, and only once a year, never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

    8By this, the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

    9This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience.

  • Heb 10:19-21
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    19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

    20by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body,

    21and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 7:25-26
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    25Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

    26Such a high priest truly meets our need: one who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

  • 1Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.

  • Heb 10:14-15
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    14For by one offering, He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

    15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First, He says:

  • Heb 8:1-2
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    1Now here is the main point: We have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

    2He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.

  • Heb 9:22-24
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    22Indeed, according to the Law, almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

    23Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these.

    24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

  • Heb 4:14-16
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    14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus, the Son of God—let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

    15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are—yet without sin.

    16Let 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.

  • Heb 10:8-10
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    8After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law—

    9then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second.

    10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

  • 17This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.

  • 1Therefore, leaving behind the elementary teachings about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

  • 13By calling this covenant 'new,' he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

  • 4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

  • 15Therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

  • 3Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

  • 9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.