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A Superior Priesthood

Hebrews 7:19

In 9 translations

BSB
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
KJV
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
WEB
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
ASV
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.
LSV
(for nothing did the Law perfect), and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
YLT
(for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.
DBY
(for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.Elohim
DRC
(For the law brought nothing to perfection,) but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God.
GNV
For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite, whereby we drawe neere vnto God.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος, ἐπεισαγωγὴ δὲ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, διʼ ἧς ἐγγίζομεν τῷ θεῷ.
RP2018
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος, ἐπεισαγωγὴ δὲ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, δι’ ἧς ἐγγίζομεν τῷ θεῷ.
TR-Boyd
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος, ἐπεισαγωγὴ δὲ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, δι᾿ ἧς ἐγγίζομεν τῷ Θεῷ.
SCR1894
ουδεν γαρ ετελειωσεν ο νομος επεισαγωγη δε κρειττονος ελπιδος δι ης εγγιζομεν τω θεω

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  • Acts 13:39Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
  • Hebrews 9:9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
  • Hebrews 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  • Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
  • Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
  • Hebrews 11:40God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
  • Romans 5:2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
  • Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
  • Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
  • Hebrews 10:19–22Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house…
  • Hebrews 8:6Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • Galatians 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works…
  • Psalms 73:28But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
  • Ephesians 2:13–18But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility by…
  • Romans 3:20–21Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin. But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the…

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