...more evident ; for that after the similitude of Melchisedek there ariseth another priest, who is made not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life." Surely, then, these being, by the Apostle's account, the grounds of resemblance, we are hardly justified...

...endless misery, they would have applied the term akatalutos, which occurs in Heb. vn : 1C. "Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an (akalalutou) endless life." Now, the truth is, this word would not have been so expressive of endless...

...have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous," 1 John ii. 1. So he is said to mediate for us, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life, Heb. vii. 18. And it is said, " He is able to save to the uttermost all them that come unto God by...

...is made of necessity a change also of the law. 12. Who is made, (that is, inducted or constituted.) not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.' 16. How plain is this language. Shall we degrade the office of Christ, by lowering it down to an equality...

...fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit" (Rom. 8:3, 4, NASB), "not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life" (Heb. 7:16). "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled...

...Melchizedek, 'for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.' (7: 15-17) So the chapter...

...abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest, who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life: for it is witnessed of him, Thou art a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. For there...

...Christ. IN HEBREWS Finally, Paul tells us in Hebrews 7:16 that Christ is a priest, "who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life." We do not have any regulations or rules, because Christ, the High Priest, ministers the things of God...

...(Heb. 7:21 ); 'after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest, who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life' (Heb. 7:15f.). The word here translated 'endless' means rather 'which cannot end' than 'which does...

...would be a fit type of Christ; and Hebrews 7:16 tells us that Christ is such a priest, "who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life." Only in having an endless life, not cut short by death, could Christ fulfil the type of Melchizedek,...