Hebrews 7:16
who has become a priest, not on the basis of a
Galatians 4:3
So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.
Galatians 4:9
Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?
Colossians 2:14
having canceled out the
Colossians 2:20
If you have died with Christ to the
Hebrews 7:3
Without [
Hebrews 7:17
For it is attested [by God] of Him,
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 7:21
(for those Levites who formerly became priests [received their office] without [its being confirmed by the taking of] an oath, but this One [was designated] with an oath through the One who said to Him,
And will not change His mind or regret it,
‘You (Christ) are a Priest forever’”).
Hebrews 7:24-25
but, on the other hand, Jesus holds His priesthood permanently and without change, because He lives on forever.
Hebrews 7:28
For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak [frail, sinful, dying men], but the word of the oath [of God], which came after [the institution of] the Law, permanently appoints [as priest] a Son
Hebrews 9:9-10
for this [first or outer tabernacle] is a symbol [that is, an archetype or paradigm] for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which are incapable of perfecting the conscience and renewing the [inner self of the] worshiper.
Hebrews 10:1
For since the Law has only a shadow [just a pale representation] of the good things to come—not the very image of those things—it can never, by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year, make
Revelation 1:18