Hebrews 7:19

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Hebrews 7:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

18 So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

20 And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

21 but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

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Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

Romans 3:21

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

Romans 8:3

For 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,

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know 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 of the law no one will be justified.

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So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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Let 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.

Hebrews 10:19

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

Hebrews 10:20

by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

Hebrews 10:21

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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But 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.

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through 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.

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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

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by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

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and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

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He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

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In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.