Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
What
Another
Bible References
Perfection
Hebrews 7:18
For there is an abrogation of the commandment which goes before, on account of its weakness and unprofitableness;
Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for the second. [But it was not].
Hebrews 10:1
For the law having a shadow of the good things that were to come, not the very likeness of the things, could not by the sacrifices which they offered continually every year perfect the offerers;
Galatians 2:21
I do not reject the grace of God; for if rightousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Galatians 4:3
So also we, when we were children, were in servitude under the rudiments of the world;
Colossians 2:10
and you are made perfect in him, who is the head of all principality and power,
What
Hebrews 7:26
For such a chief priest also was suitable for us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens,
Another
Hebrews 7:15
And moreover, [this] is still further evident, if another priest is raised up according to the likeness of Melchisedec,
Hebrews 5:6
as also in another place he says, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 6:20
where our forerunner Jesus entered, made after the order of Melchisedec a chief priest forever.