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Hebrews 13
Live to Please God
131Continue to show brotherly love. 2Do not fail to show love to strangers, for by doing this some have welcomed angels without realizing it. 3Remember those in prison, as if you were fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated, as if you yourselves were also suffering bodily.
4Marriage is to be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed is to be kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers. 5Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have. For God has said:
I will never leave you,
6So then we say with confidence:
The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid.
7Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Carefully consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. For it is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which are of no help to those who make them a way of life.
10We have an altar from which those who minister at the tent have no right to eat. 11For the high priest brings the blood of the animals sacrificed for sins into the Most Holy Place, and then their bodies are burned outside the camp. 12Jesus suffered outside the gate for this reason: to sanctify people by his own blood. 13So then let us go to him, outside of the camp, bearing his disgrace. 14For we do not have a permanent city here, but we are looking for the city that is coming. 15Through Jesus, therefore, let us constantly offer to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. 16And do not forget to do good and share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as men who will give an account. Obey them, so that they may do this with joy and not with groaning,[] for that would be of no benefit to you.
18Pray for us, because we are sure that we have a good conscience, and because in everything we want to conduct ourselves in an honorable way. 19I urge you to do this even more, so that I may be restored to you quickly.
Conclusion
20Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, in connection with his blood, which established the eternal testament[]— 21may he equip you with every good thing[] to do his will, as he works in us[] what is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
22Now I urge you, brothers, to bear with this word of encouragement, for I have written you only a brief letter. 23I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives very soon, he and I will see you.
Footnotes
- 13:5 Deuteronomy 31:6
- 13:6 Psalm 118:6
- 13:17 Or deep sighing
- 13:20 Or sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant
- 13:21 Some witnesses to the text read in everything good.
- 13:21 Some witnesses to the text read you.
- 13:25 A few witnesses to the text omit Amen.