19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-28)Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical priesthood, which therefore must be changed, and the whole economy with it, Heb. 7:11 , 12 Here, I. It is asserted that perfection could not come by the Levitical priesthood and the law. They could n…
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