Hebrews 13
13
1Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters. 2Remember to welcome strangers, because some who have done this have welcomed angels without knowing it. 3Remember those who are in prison as if you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering as if you were suffering with them.
4Marriage should be honored by everyone, and husband and wife should keep their marriage pure. God will judge as guilty those who take part in sexual sins. 5Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. God has said,
“I will never leave you;
I will never abandon you.”#Deuteronomy 31:6
6So we can be sure when we say,
“I will not be afraid, because the Lord is my helper.
People can’t do anything to me.”#Psalm 118:6
7Remember your leaders who taught God’s message to you. Remember how they lived and died, and copy their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
9Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace, not by obeying rules about foods, which do not help those who obey them.
10We have a sacrifice, but the priests who serve in the Holy Tent cannot eat from it. 11The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place where he offers this blood for sins. But the bodies of the animals are burned outside the camp. 12So Jesus also suffered outside the city to make his people holy with his own blood. 13So let us go to Jesus outside the camp, holding on as he did when we are abused.
14Here on earth we do not have a city that lasts forever, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future. 15So through Jesus let us always offer to God our sacrifice of praise, coming from lips that speak his name. 16Do not forget to do good to others, and share with them, because such sacrifices please God.
17Obey your leaders and act under their authority. They are watching over you, because they are responsible for your souls. Obey them so that they will do this work with joy, not sadness. It will not help you to make their work hard.
18Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience, because we always want to do the right thing. 19I especially beg you to pray so that God will send me back to you soon.
20-21I pray that the God of peace will give you every good thing you need so you can do what he wants. God raised from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep, because of the blood of his death. His blood began the eternal agreement that God made with his people. I pray that God will do in us what pleases him, through Jesus Christ, and to him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
22My brothers and sisters, I beg you to listen patiently to this message I have written to encourage you, because it is not very long. 23I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been let out of prison. If he arrives soon, we will both come to see you.
24Greet all your leaders and all of God’s people. Those from Italy send greetings to you.
25Grace be with you all.
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Hebrews 13
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Concluding Moral Directions
1Let #Rom. 12:10brotherly love continue. 2#Matt. 25:35; Rom. 12:13Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing #Gen. 18:1–22; 19:1some have unwittingly entertained angels. 3#Matt. 25:36; Heb. 10:34Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.
4#Prov. 5:18, 19Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; #1 Cor. 6:9; Gal. 5:19, 21; 1 Thess. 4:6but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
5Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, #Gen. 28:15; Deut. 31:6, 8; Josh. 1:5“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6So we may boldly say:
#Ps. 27:1; 118:6“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”
Concluding Religious Directions
7Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. 8Jesus Christ is #(John 8:58); 2 Cor. 1:19; Heb. 1:12the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
10We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. 12Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing #1 Pet. 4:14His reproach. 14For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. 15#Eph. 5:20Therefore by Him let us continually offer #Lev. 7:12the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, #Is. 57:19; Hos. 14:2the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16#Rom. 12:13But do not forget to do good and to share, for #2 Cor. 9:12; Phil. 4:18with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17#Phil. 2:29Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for #Is. 62:6; Ezek. 3:17; Acts 20:28they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
Prayer Requested
18#Eph. 6:19Pray for us; for we are confident that we have #Acts 23:1a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. 19But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell
20Now may #Rom. 5:1, 2, 10; 15:33the God of peace #Ps. 16:10, 11; Hos. 6:2; Rom. 4:24who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, #Ps. 23:1; Is. 40:11; 63:11; John 10:11; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4that great Shepherd of the sheep, #Zech. 9:11; Heb. 10:29through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21make you complete in every good work to do His will, #Phil. 2:13working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
22And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words. 23Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly.
24Greet all those who rule over you, and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.
25Grace be with you all. Amen.
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