Thematic Bible: Better


Thematic Bible



And as much as not without sacrifice sanctioned by solemn oath: (For they truly without sacrifice sanctioned by solemn oath became priests; but he with the sacrifice sanctioned by solemn oath by him, saying to him, The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou priest forever, according to the order of Melchisedec:) According to this, Jesus has become security of a better covenant. read more.
And they truly are become many priests, by reason of death being hindered from remaining: And he, because he remains forever, has an inviolable priesthood. Wherefore he is able to save entirely those coming to God by him, always living to supplicate for them. For such a chief priest became us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and being higher than the heavens; Who has no necessity according to the day, as the chief priests, before to bring up sacrifices for their own sins, then for those of the people; for this he did once, having brought up himself. For the law establishes men chief priests having weakness; but the word of the sacrifice sanctioned by solemn oath, after the law, the Son, having been perfected forever.






God, formerly multifariously and abundantly having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, At these last days spake to us in the Son, whom he set heir of all things, by whom also he made the times; Who being the brightness of glory, and the figure of his foundation, and bearing all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification of our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty among the highest ones; read more.
Being so much better than the angels, inasmuch as he has inherited a more distinguished name than they.


And now they feel an ardent desire for a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he prepared for them a city.


Therefore truly a necessity for the patterns of things in the heavens to be purified with these; and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.




And now he has attained a more distinguished office, in how much also he is mediator of a better covenant, which was legislated upon better promises.


And now he has attained a more distinguished office, in how much also he is mediator of a better covenant, which was legislated upon better promises.