16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.
17 For here is the testimony about him: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
18 On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,
19 for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
20 And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation – for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,
21 but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” –
22 accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.