Hebrews 13
1 Let brotherly love always continue.
Let brotherly love remain.
2 Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests.
Do not be forgetful of hospitality, for through this some entertained messengers unaware.
3 Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison with them; and remember those suffering ill-treatment, for you yourselves also are still in the body.
Be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as yourselves also being in the body.
4 Let marriage be held in honour among all, and let the marriage bed be unpolluted; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
The marriage [is to be] honored by all, and the bed undefiled, for God will judge whoremongers and adulterers.
5 Your lives should be untainted by love for money. Be content with what you have; for God Himself has said, "I will never, never let go your hand: I will never never forsake you."
[Be] without covetous behavior, being content with the things present, for He has said, “No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake you,”
6 So that we fearlessly say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid: what can man do to me?"
so that we boldly say, “The LORD [is] to me a helper, and I will not fear what man will do to me.”
7 Remember your former leaders--it was they who brought you God's Message. Bear in mind how they ended their lives, and imitate their faith.
Be mindful of those leading you, who spoke to you the word of God, who, considering the outcome of [their] behavior, imitate [their] faith:
Jesus Christ—the same yesterday and today and for all ages. (aiōn g165)
9 Do not be drawn aside by all sorts of strange teaching; for it is well to have the heart made stedfast through God's grace, and not by special kinds of food, from which those who scrupulously attend to them have derived no benefit.
Do not be carried away with strange and manifold teachings, for [it is] good that by grace the heart is confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;
10 We Christians have an altar from which the ministers of the Jewish Tent have no right to eat.
we have an altar from which they who are serving the Dwelling Place have no authority to eat,
11 For the bodies of those animals of which the blood is carried by the High Priest into the Holy place as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.
for of those beasts whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places through the chief priest—of these the bodies are burned outside the camp.
12 And for this reason Jesus also, in order, by His own blood, to set the people free from sin, suffered outside the gate.
For this reason, also Jesus—that He might sanctify the people through [His] own blood—suffered outside the gate;
13 Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, sharing the insults directed against Him.
now then, may we go forth to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach;
14 For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.
for we have no abiding city here, but we seek the coming one.
15 Through Him, then, let us continually lay on the altar a sacrifice of praise to God, namely, the utterance of lips that give thanks to His Name.
Through Him, then, we may always offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His Name.
16 And do not forget to be kind and liberal; for with sacrifices of that sort God is greatly pleased.
And do not be forgetful of doing good and of fellowship, for God is well-pleased with such sacrifices.
17 Obey your leaders and be submissive to them. For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give account; that they may do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage to you.
Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these watch for your souls, as about to give account, that they may do this with joy, and not sighing, for this [is] unprofitable to you.
18 Keep on praying for us; for we are sure that we have clear consciences, and we desire to live nobly in every respect.
Pray for us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, willing to behave well in all things,
19 I specially urge this upon you in order that I may be the more speedily restored to you.
and I call on [you] to do this more abundantly, that I may be restored to you more quickly.
20 Now may God who gives peace, and brought Jesus, our Lord, up again from among the dead--even Him who, by virtue of the blood of the eternal Covenant, is the great Shepherd of the sheep-- (aiōnios g166)
And the God of peace, who brought up the Great Shepherd of the sheep out of the dead—by the blood of a perpetual covenant—our Lord Jesus, (aiōnios g166)
21 fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen. (aiōn g165)
make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom [is] the glory through the ages of the ages! Amen. (aiōn g165)
22 Bear with me, brethren, when I thus exhort you; for, in fact, it is but a short letter that I have written to you.
And I beg you, brothers, endure the word of the exhortation, for I have also written to you through few words.
23 You will rejoice to hear that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty. If he comes soon, I will see you with him.
Know that the brother Timotheus is released, with whom I will see you, if he may come more shortly.
24 Greet all your leaders and all God's people. The brethren from Italy send you greetings.
Greet all those leading you, and all the holy ones. Those from Italy greet you.
25 Grace be with you all! Amen.
The grace [is] with you all! Amen.
