Hebrews 7:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of ye Leuites (For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law) what neded it furthermore that another priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech, and not to be called after the order of Aaron?

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  • Heb 8:7 : 7 For yf that first couenaunt had ben founde fautlesse, then shoulde no place haue ben sought for the seconde.
  • Heb 7:17-19 : 17 For he testifieth that thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech. 18 For there is truely a disanulling of the commaundement goyng before, for the weakenesse and vnprofitablenesse therof. 19 For the lawe made nothyng perfect, but was the bryngyng in of a better hope, by the whiche we drawe nygh vnto God.
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I reiect not the grace of God: For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe, then Christe is dead in vayne.
  • Heb 5:6 : 6 As he saith also in another place: thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.
  • Heb 5:10 : 10 And is called of God an hye priest after the order of Melchisedech.
  • Heb 6:20 : 20 Whyther the forerunner is for vs entred euen Iesus, after the order of Melchisedech made a priest for euer.
  • Heb 7:15 : 15 And it is yet a farre more euidet thing, yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest,
  • Gal 4:3 : 3 Euen so we, when we were chyldren, were in bondage vnder ye rudimentes of the worlde:
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 But nowe after that ye haue knowen God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye agayne vnto the weake and beggarly rudimentes, whervnto againe ye desire a freshe to be in bondage?
  • Col 2:10-17 : 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power, 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisio made without handes, by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe, in the circumcision of Christe: 12 Buried with him in baptisme, in who ye are also risen agayne through ye fayth of the operation of God, who hath raysed hym from the dead. 13 And ye beyng dead to sinne and to the vncircumcision of your fleshe, hath he quickened with him, forgeuyng all your trepasses, 14 And puttyng out the hande writing of ordinaunces, that was agaynst vs, and that hath he taken out of the way, fastenyng it to his crosse: 15 Spoylyng all principalities & powers, hath made a shewe of them openly, triumphyng ouer them in it. 16 Let no man therfore iudge you in meate, or in drinke, or in part of an holyday, or of the newe moone, or of the Sabboth dayes: 17 Which are shadowes of thynges to come: but the body (is) of Christe.
  • Heb 7:21 : 21 But this priest with an oth, by hym that saide vnto him: The Lord sware and wyll not repent, thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.)
  • Heb 8:10-13 : 10 For this is the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes, saith the Lord, geuyng my lawes into their mynde, and in their heart I wyl write them, and I wyll be to them a God, and they shalbe to me a people. 11 And they shall not teach euery man his neyghbour, and euery man his brother, saying, knowe the Lorde: for all shall knowe me, from the litle of them to the great of them. 12 For I wyll be mercyfull to their vnrighteousnes, and their sinnes and their iniquities wyll I thynke vpon no more. 13 In that he sayth a newe couenaunt he hath worne out the first: For that which is worne out and waxed olde, is redie to vanishe away.
  • Heb 10:1-4 : 1 For the lawe, hauyng the shadow of good thynges to come, and not the very fashion of the thinges the selues, can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually, make the commers therevnto perfect. 2 For woulde not then those sacrifices haue ceassed to haue ben offred, because that the offerers once pourged, shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes? 3 Neuerthelesse, in those (sacrifices) is mention made of sinnes euery yere. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles & of Goates shoulde take away sinnes.

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  • Heb 7:12-28
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    12For yf the priesthood be translated, of necessitie also there is made a translation of the lawe.

    13For he of whom these thynges are spoken, parteyneth vnto another tribe, of which no man stoode at the aulter.

    14For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda, of which tribe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng priesthood:

    15And it is yet a farre more euidet thing, yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest,

    16Which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundement, but after the power of the endlesse lyfe:

    17For he testifieth that thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.

    18For there is truely a disanulling of the commaundement goyng before, for the weakenesse and vnprofitablenesse therof.

    19For the lawe made nothyng perfect, but was the bryngyng in of a better hope, by the whiche we drawe nygh vnto God.

    20And in as much as that was not without an oth (For those priestes were made without an oth:

    21But this priest with an oth, by hym that saide vnto him: The Lord sware and wyll not repent, thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.)

    22By so much was Iesus made a suertie of a better testament.

    23And among them many were made priestes, because they were forbidden by death to endure.

    24But this man, because he endureth euer, hath an vnchaungeable priesthood.

    25Wherefore he is able also euer to saue them to the vttermost that come vnto God by hym, seyng he euer lyueth to make intercession for them.

    26For such an hye priest became vs, whiche is holy, harmelesse, vndefyled, seperate from sinners, and made hygher then heauens:

    27Whiche nedeth not dayly, as those hie priestes, to offer vp sacrifice, first for his owne sinnes, and then for the peoples: for that dyd he once, when he offered vp hym selfe.

    28For the lawe maketh men hye priestes which haue infirmitie: but the word of the oth which (was) after the lawe (maketh) the sonne, whiche is perfecte for euermore.

  • Heb 8:1-7
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    1But of the thinges whiche we haue spoken, this is ye summe: We haue such an hye priest that sitteth on ye ryght hand of ye throne of the maiestie in the heaues,

    2A minister of holy thynges, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pight, and not man.

    3For euery hye priest is ordeyned to offer gyftes and sacrifices: Wherefore it is of necessitie, that this man haue somewhat also to offer.

    4For he were not a priest, yf he were on the earth, seyng there are priestes that accordyng to the lawe offer gyftes,

    5Who serue vnto the example and shadowe of heauenly thinges, as Moyses was admonished of God, when he was about to finishe the tabernacle: For see, saith he, that thou make all thynges accordyng to the patterne shewed to thee in the mount.

    6But nowe hath he obteyned a more excellent office, by howe much also he is the mediatour of a better couenaunt, whiche was confirmed in better promises.

    7For yf that first couenaunt had ben founde fautlesse, then shoulde no place haue ben sought for the seconde.

  • Heb 7:1-10
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    1For this Melchisedech kyng of Salem, priest of the most hye God, who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges, and blessed hym:

    2To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges, first being called by interpretatio king of righteousnes, & after yt also, kyng of Salem, which is, kyng of peace.

    3Without father, without mother, without kynne, hauyng neither beginnyng of dayes, neither ende of lyfe, but lykened vnto the sonne of God, and continueth a priest for euer.

    4Nowe consider howe great this man was, vnto whom also the patriarche Abraham gaue tythe of the spoyles.

    5And veryly they which are of the children of Leuie, which receaue the office of the priesthood, haue a commaundement to take tythe of the people accordyng to the lawe, that is, of their brethren, though they came out of ye loynes of Abraham.

    6But he whose kynrede is not counted among them, receaued tythe of Abraham, and blessed hym that had the promises.

    7And without all controuersie, the lesse is blessed of the better.

    8And here men that dye, receaue tithes: but there he receaueth them of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth.

    9And to say the trueth, Leuie also whiche receaueth tythes, payed tythes in Abraham.

    10For he was yet in the loynes of his father, when Melchisedech met Abraham.

  • 10And is called of God an hye priest after the order of Melchisedech.

  • Heb 5:4-6
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    4And no man taketh the honour vnto hym selfe, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

    5Euen so, Christ also glorified not hym selfe to be made ye hye priest: but he that sayde vnto hym, thou art my sonne, to day haue I begotten thee gaue it hym.

    6As he saith also in another place: thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.

  • 20Whyther the forerunner is for vs entred euen Iesus, after the order of Melchisedech made a priest for euer.

  • 4God sware and he wyll not repent: thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec.

  • 11But Christe beyng come an hye priest of good thynges that shoulde be, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with handes, that is to say, not of this buyldyng,

  • Heb 10:1-2
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    1For the lawe, hauyng the shadow of good thynges to come, and not the very fashion of the thinges the selues, can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually, make the commers therevnto perfect.

    2For woulde not then those sacrifices haue ceassed to haue ben offred, because that the offerers once pourged, shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

  • 1For euery hye priest taken from among men, is ordeined for men, in things parteynyng to God, to offer gyftes & sacrifices for sinne:

  • 11And euery priest standeth dayly ministryng, & offeryng oftentymes the same sacrifices, whiche can neuer take away sinnes.

  • 10He hath taken thee to hym, and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee: and seeke ye the office of the priest also?

  • 6When these thynges were thus ordeyned, the priestes went alwayes into the first tabernacle, accomplishyng the seruice of God.

  • 9Whiche (was) a similitude for the tyme then preset, in which were offred giftes and sacrifices, that coulde not make the worshipper perfect as parteining to the conscience,

  • 17Wherfore, in all thinges it became him to be made lyke vnto his brethren, that he myght be mercyfull, and a faythfull hye priest in thynges concernyng God, for to purge the peoples sinnes.

  • 1Therfore holy brethren, partakers of the celestiall callyng, consider the apostle and hye priest of our profession Christe Iesus,