15. And it is yet far more evident: that after the similitude of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
16. Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
17. For he testifies,
18. For there is verily an annulment of the previous commandment because of the weakness and uselessness thereof.
19. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near unto God.
20. And since it was not without an oath he was made priest:
21. (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him,