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Hebrews 7:16

New King James Version

16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.

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American Standard Version

who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

Christian Standard Bible

who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

English Standard Version

who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life.

King James Version

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

New American Standard Bible

who has become a priest not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.

New International Version

one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.

New Living Translation

Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.

World English Bible

who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;