King James Version (KJV)
Hebrews 7:16
“Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.”
Verse in context — Hebrews 7
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For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
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And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
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Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
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For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
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