18 in order that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge may have powerful encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us, 19 which we have like an anchor of the soul, both firm and steadfast, and entering into the inside of the curtain, 20 where Jesus, the forerunner for us, entered, because he[a] became a high priest forever[b] according to the order of Melchizedek.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 6:20 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“became”) which is understood as causal
  2. Hebrews 6:20 Literally “to the age”