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
On the one hand, we have the abolition of a previous regulation as being both inefficient and useless
Hebrews 8:7
If that first Covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second.
Hebrews 10:1
The Law, though able to foreshadow the Better System which was coming, never had its actual substance. Its priests, with those sacrifices which they offer continuously year after year, can never make those who come to worship perfect.
Galatians 2:21
I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!
Galatians 4:3
And so is it with us; when we were under age, as it were, we were slaves to the puerile teaching of this world;
Colossians 2:10
And, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the Head of all Archangels and Powers of Heaven.
What
Hebrews 7:26
This was the High Priest that we needed--holy, innocent, spotless, withdrawn from sinners, exalted above the highest Heaven,
Another
Hebrews 7:15
All this becomes even yet plainer when we remember that a new priest has appeared, resembling Melchizedek,
Hebrews 5:6
and on another occasion also-- 'Thou art a priest for all time of the order of Melchizedek.'
Hebrews 6:20
where Jesus, our Forerunner, has entered on our behalf, after being made for all time a High Priest of the order of Melchizedek.