Hebrews 7:16
Hebrews 7:16 New Century Version (NCV)
He was not made a priest by human rules and laws but through the power of his life, which continues forever.
Hebrews 7:15-19 The Message (MSG)
But the Melchizedek story provides a perfect analogy: Jesus, a priest like Melchizedek, not by genealogical descent but by the sheer force of resurrection life—he lives!—“priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek.” The former way of doing things, a system of commandments that never worked out the way it was supposed to, was set aside; the law brought nothing to maturity. Another way—Jesus!—a way that does work, that brings us right into the presence of God, is put in its place.
Hebrews 7:16 King James Version (KJV)
who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Hebrews 7:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
Hebrews 7:16 New Century Version (NCV)
He was not made a priest by human rules and laws but through the power of his life, which continues forever.
Hebrews 7:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life
Hebrews 7:16 New International Version (NIV)
one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
Hebrews 7:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.
Hebrews 7:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
who has become a priest, not on the basis of a physical and legal requirement in the Law [concerning his ancestry as a descendant of Levi], but on the basis of the power of an indestructible and endless life.
Hebrews 7:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.