Hebrews 7:18

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Hebrews 7:18

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

A disannulling

Galatians 3:15

The weakness

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A disannulling

Now if perfection could have been through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not one designated according to the order of Aaron?

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second.

For since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.

Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

To give a human example, brethren: even though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.

The weakness

(for the law made nothing perfect); and on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second.

This is symbolic for the present time. According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

and through him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin: he condemned sin in the flesh,

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things? Do you desire to be enslaved all over again?

For bodily training is of some value, but godliness is of value in all things, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.