Hebrews 8:7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one.(A)
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Hebrews 7:11 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Another Priest, Like Melchizedek
11 Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood—for the people received the law under this priesthood—what further need would there have been to speak of another priest arising according to the order of Melchizedek rather than one according to the order of Aaron?(A)
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Hebrews 7:18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual(A)
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Galatians 3:21 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.
Read full chapterHebrews 8:6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 But Jesus[a] has now obtained a more excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on the basis of better promises.(A)
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