Bible Strands
Hebrews 7:18
So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish Christians tempted to abandon the new covenant, explaining the shift from the Levitical system to the eternal priesthood of Melchizedek.
The words — Ἀθέτησις (Athetēsis) means a formal "putting away," and ἐντολῆς (entolēs) identifies the specific "commandment" being discarded.
The thread — The insufficiency of the law and its replacement runs through Romans 8:3, Acts 13:39, and Galatians 4:9.
Why it lands — The text states that the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless, which establishes that the old system cannot accomplish what the introduced hope now enables.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
Cross-references
- 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,
- Acts 13:39 Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
- Galatians 4:9 But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
- Hebrews 7:11 Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- Hebrews 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
- Hebrews 8:7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
- 1 Timothy 4:8 For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
- Galatians 3:17 What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- Hebrews 13:9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
- Romans 3:31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.