\v 16 It was not based on a law of physical requirement that he became a priest, but instead was based on the power of an everlasting life.
Hebrews 7:21 now reads:
\v 21 but he became a priest with an oath by the one who said to him,
\q "The Lord has sworn and he will not change his mind:
\q 'You are a priest forever.'"
Hebrew 9:15 now reads:
\v 15 For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. This is so that, since a death has taken place to redeem those under the first covenant from their transgressions, those who are called will receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.
Hebrews 9:26 now reads:
\v 26 If that had been the case, then he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Romans 3:25 atoning sacrifice
\v 25 For God provided Christ Jesus as an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood.
Hebrews 2:17 atonement for the sins of the people
1 John 2:2 atoning sacrifice
\v 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
1 John 4:10 atoning sacrifice.
\v 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and that he sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
\v 3 For rulers are not a terror to those who do good deeds, but to those who do evil deeds. Do you desire to have no fear of the one in authority? Do what is good, and you will receive his praise.
+\v 17 But if you **name yourself** a Jew and rest upon the law and boast in God,
+\v 17 But if you **say that you are** a Jew and rest upon the law and boast in God,
\v 8 But sin took the opportunity through the commandment and **produced** in me **every kind of coveting**. For **apart from** the law, sin **was** dead.
-\v 7 But if the truth of God through my lie multiplies his glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?
+\v 7 But if through my lie the truthfulness of God increases his glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?