26 For it was fitting for us to have such a (A)high priest, (B)holy, (C)innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and (D)exalted above the heavens; 27 who has no daily need, like those high priests, to (E)offer up sacrifices, (F)first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because He did this (G)once for all time when He (H)offered up Himself. 28 For the Law appoints men as high priests (I)who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints (J)a Son, who has been (K)made perfect forever.

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26 For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted above the heavens, 27 who does not need every day[a] like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins and then for the sins of the people, because he did this once for all when he[b] offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the statement of the oath, after the law, appoints a Son, who is made perfect forever[c].

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:27 Literally “have necessity every day”
  2. Hebrews 7:27 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“offered up”)
  3. Hebrews 7:28 Literally “for the age”