Hebrews 5:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Hebrews 5:4

2 He can¹ have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to ^aweakness.

3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for ^ahimself, to offer sacrifices for sins.

4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as ^aAaron was.

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5 ^aSo also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
^b“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”

6 As He also says in another place:
^a“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek”;

7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had ^aoffered up prayers and supplications, ^bwith vehement cries and tears to Him ^cwho was able to save Him from death, and was heard ^dbecause of His godly fear,

8 though He was a Son, yet He learned ^aobedience by the things which He suffered.

9 And ^ahaving been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

10 called by God as High Priest ^a“according to the order of Melchizedek,”

11 of whom ^awe have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become ^bdull of hearing.

Spiritual Immaturity

12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the¹ oracles of God; and you have come to need ^amilk and not solid food.

Verse Comparison: Hebrews 5:4

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American Standard Version
And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.

Amplified® Bible
Besides, one does not appropriate for himself the honor [of being high priest], but he is called by God {and} receives it of Him, just as Aaron did.

Contemporary English Version
But no one can have the honor of being a high priest simply by wanting to be one. Only God can choose a priest, and God is the one who chose Aaron.

Darby English Version
And no one takes the honour to himself but [as] called by God, even as Aaron also.

Good News Bible
No one chooses for himself the honor of being a high priest. It is only by God's call that a man is made a high priest---just as Aaron was.

International Standard Version
No one takes this honor upon himself but he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was.

King James Version
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

New American Standard Bible
And no one takes the honor to himself, but {receives it} when he is called by God, even as Aaron was.

New International Version
No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.

New King James Version
And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when God calls him, even as He called Aaron.

Young's Literal Translation
and no one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron:

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