Hebrews 7:16-19

7:16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent ¹  but by the power of an indestructible life. 7:17 For here is the testimony about him: ²  “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ³  7:18 On the one hand a former command is set aside ⁴  because it is weak and useless, ⁵  7:19 for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

¹ tn Grk “a law of a fleshly command.”

² tn Grk “for he/it is witnessed that.”

³ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6 and 6:20).

³ tn Grk “the setting aside of a former command comes to pass.”

⁴ tn Grk “because of its weakness and uselessness.”