Hebrews 7:16

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

Galatians 4:3

So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.

Galatians 4:9

But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

Colossians 2:14

He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

Colossians 2:20

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

Hebrews 7:3

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

Hebrews 7:17

For here is the testimony about him: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."

Hebrews 7:21

but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever'" --

Hebrews 7:24-25

but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.

Hebrews 7:28

For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

Hebrews 9:9-10

This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

Hebrews 10:1

For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.

Revelation 1:18

and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive -- forever and ever -- and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

General references

Bible References

The power

Hebrews 7:3
Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.
Revelation 1:18
and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive -- forever and ever -- and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!

General references

Leviticus 8:34
What has been done on this day the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you.

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