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Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
Hebrews 7:25 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
  • KJV Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
  • NKJV Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
  • NASB Therefore He is also able to save forever those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
  • NLT Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.

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Quick answer

Therefore Christ can save completely all who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them. His unending life guarantees a full and final salvation.

Overview

Because his priesthood is permanent, Jesus saves 'to the uttermost', completely and forever, all who draw near to God through him. His ongoing heavenly intercession means his saving work continually applies to his people. This verse offers profound assurance: the believer's salvation rests on the never-ending priestly ministry of the living Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 40

  • Rom 8:34Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
  • 1 Jn 2:1–2My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
  • 1 Tim 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
  • Eph 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  • Rom 5:2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
  • Isa 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  • Eph 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  • Heb 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
  • Heb 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
  • Heb 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
  • Isa 59:16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
  • John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • Dan 3:17If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.
  • Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
  • Dan 6:20When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
  • Isa 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • Isa 63:1Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
  • Heb 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
  • Heb 7:16one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
  • Heb 2:18Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
  • Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
  • John 10:29–30My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
  • Jer 3:22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
  • Phil 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
  • John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
  • John 17:9–26I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
  • Isa 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
  • Dan 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
  • Heb 7:24But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
  • 2 Tim 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
  • Rev 8:3–4Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
  • John 16:23–24In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  • Dan 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
  • Ps 68:31–32Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
  • John 5:37–40And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
  • Dan 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
  • Eph 3:12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
  • Heb 7:8In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.

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Christ at the center

Hebrews is sustained worship of Christ: better than angels, Moses, and the priests; the great High Priest after Melchizedek who by one sacrifice perfects forever those he saves.

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