For there is verily an annulling of the former commandment because of the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness
For, on the one hand, a former commandment is cancelled because of its weakness and uselessness [because of its inability to justify the sinner before God]
So a previous physical regulation and command is cancelled because of its weakness and ineffectiveness and uselessness—
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable
So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable
On the one hand, an earlier command is set aside because it was weak and useless
Thus, on the one hand, the earlier rule is set aside because of its weakness and inefficacy
In this way a weak and useless command was put aside,
For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,
For a setting-aside of the preceding commandment takes place because of its weakness and unprofitableness
There is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment, because of the weakness and unprofitableness thereof:
The old rule is now ended because it was weak and worthless.
So the old law about priests no longer has authority. It was weak and it could not help people.
To be sure, the former requirement is annulled, because it was weak and useless—
For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness
For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness
The ·old [former] ·rule [commandment; regulation] is now ·set aside [nullified; abolished], because it was weak and ·useless [ineffective].
For the commandment that went afore, is disannulled, because of the weakness thereof, and unprofitableness.
The former requirements are rejected because they are weak and useless.
The old rule, then, is set aside, because it was weak and useless.
So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable
The old rule is now set aside because it was weak and useless.
Indeed, because it was weak and ineffective, the former commandment has been annulled,
Quite plainly, then, there is a definite cancellation of the previous commandment because of its ineffectiveness and uselessness—the Law was incapable of bringing anyone to real maturity—followed by the introduction of a better hope, through which we approach our God.
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness of it;
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
For, on the one hand, there is a setting aside of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
For on the one hand a preceding commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness
Yes, the old system of priesthood based on family lines was canceled because it didn’t work. It was weak and useless for saving people.
But the Melchizedek story provides a perfect analogy: Jesus, a priest like Melchizedek, not by genealogical descent but by the sheer force of resurrection life—he lives!—“priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek.” The former way of doing things, a system of commandments that never worked out the way it was supposed to, was set aside; the law brought nothing to maturity. Another way—Jesus!—a way that does work, that brings us right into the presence of God, is put in its place.
For there is then an annulling of the previous commandment due to its weakness and uselessness.
For there is an annulment of a former commandment because of · its weakness and uselessness
The former requirements are rejected because they are weak and useless.
On the one hand, a former commandment is annulled because of its weakness and uselessness,
For, on the one hand, there is the nullification of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
For, on the one hand, there is a setting aside of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
The earlier commandment is abrogated because of its weakness and ineffectiveness,
The old rule is now set aside, because it was weak and useless.
On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,
The old rule is set aside. It was weak and useless.
The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless
The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless
For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,
God put the Law of Moses aside. It was weak and could not be used.
Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless.
So then, the previous commandment is abrogated because of its weakness and unprofitableness.
There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual
There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual
There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual
There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual
What is happening here is that the previous commandment is being set aside. It was, after all, weak and useless;
For, on the one hand, there is an abrogation of an earlier mitzvah because of its weakness and ineffectuality
For indeed the preceding commandment is annulled because of its weakness and uselessness.
On the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness
On the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness
For on the one hand, a former requirement is set aside because of its weakness and ineffectiveness—
Because the earlier commandment was weak and did not reconcile us to God effectively, it was set aside—
For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
The old law given to Moses by God was put away. It was weak and no good.
that reproving of the commandment before-going is made, for the unfirmness and unprofit of it.
for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,
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