2.
A High Priest, perpetual, great, living, and able to save to the uttermost
7:1-28
Heb. 7
:1
7:1
1For this
2aMelchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the
bslaughter of the kings and blessed him,
Heb. 7
:2
7:2
To whom also Abraham apportioned a
atenth part of all; first being interpreted
1bking of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is
1cking of peace;
Heb. 7
:3
7:3
Being 1without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither
abeginning of days nor
bend of life, but likened to the Son of God, abides a priest
cperpetually.
Heb. 7
:4
7:4
And consider how
1agreat this one was, to whom the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the choice spoils.
Heb. 7
:5
7:5
And they of the sons of Levi, who received the priestly service, have a commandment to take
atithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, though they have come forth from the loins of Abraham.
Heb. 7
:6
7:6
But he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes from Abraham and has
1ablessed him who has the promises.
Heb. 7
:7
7:7
But without any dispute the
1lesser is blessed by the
2greater.
Heb. 7
:8
7:8
And here men, who die, receive tithes; but there, one
aof whom it is testified that he
blives.
Heb. 7
:9
7:9
And, so to speak, through Abraham,
1Levi also, he who receives tithes, has been made to pay tithes,
Heb. 7
:10
7:10
For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchisedec met him.
Heb. 7
:11
7:11
If indeed then perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what need was there still that a different
1Priest should arise according to the order of
aMelchisedec and that He should not be said
to be according to the order of Aaron?
Heb. 7
:12
7:12
For since the
apriesthood is
1transferred, of necessity there comes into being a
2btransfer of law also.
Heb. 7
:13
7:13
For He of whom these things are said
1belongs to a different tribe, from which
ano one has attended to the altar.
Heb. 7
:14
7:14
For it is evident that our Lord has
1risen out of
2aJudah, concerning which tribe Moses spoke nothing about priests.
Heb. 7
:15
7:15
And it is still more abundantly evident since
it is according to the
alikeness of Melchisedec
that a different Priest arises,
Heb. 7
:16
7:16
Who has been appointed not according to the law of a
afleshy commandment but according to the
bpower of an
1indestructible clife.
Heb. 7
:17
7:17
For it is testified,"You are a Priest forever according to the
aorder of Melchisedec.''
Heb. 7
:18
7:18
For there is, on the one hand, the
1asetting aside of the preceding commandment because of its
bweakness and unprofitableness
Heb. 7
:19
7:19
(For the
alaw 1bperfected nothing), and, on the other hand, the bringing in
2thereupon of a
3better chope, through which we
ddraw near to God.
Heb. 7
:20
7:20
And inasmuch as
He was not
made a Priest without the taking of an oath
Heb. 7
:21
7:21
(For they are appointed priests without the taking of an oath, but He, with the taking of an oath by Him who said to Him,
a"The Lord has sworn and will not regret
it, You are a Priest forever''),
Heb. 7
:22
7:22
By so much Jesus has also become the
1surety of a
abetter bcovenant.
Heb. 7
:23
7:23
And they are appointed priests many in number because death prevents
them from continuing;
Heb. 7
:24
7:24
But He, because He
aabides forever, has His priesthood unalterable.
Heb. 7
:25
7:25
Hence also He is
aable to save
1to the uttermost those who
bcome forward to God through Him, since He
clives always to
2dintercede for them.
Heb. 7
:26
7:26
For such a
aHigh Priest was also fitting to us, holy,
bguileless, undefiled, separated from sinners and having become
1higher than the
cheavens,
Heb. 7
:27
7:27
Who does not have daily need, as the high priests
do, to
aoffer up sacrifices first for his
bown sins and then for those of the people; for this He did
conce for all when He
doffered up Himself.
Heb. 7
:28
7:28
For the law establishes men as high priests who have
aweakness, but the word of the oath, which
was after the law,
establishes the
bSon,
1cperfected forever.
