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.
of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;
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 also yourselves 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.
honourable [is] the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.
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."
Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'
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 do boldly say, 'The Lord [is] to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall 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 did speak to you the word of God, whose faith — considering the issue of the behaviour — be imitating,
Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the 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.
with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for [it is] good that by grace the heart be 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, of which to eat they have no authority who the tabernacle are serving,
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 without 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.
Wherefore, also Jesus — that he might sanctify through [his] own blood the people — without the gate did suffer;
13 Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, sharing the insults directed against Him.
now, then, may we go forth unto him without the camp, his reproach bearing;
14 For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.
for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;
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 offer up a sacrifice of praise always 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 of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.
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 do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, 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, in all things willing to behave well,
19 I specially urge this upon you in order that I may be the more speedily restored to you.
and more abundantly do I call upon [you] to do this, that more quickly I may be restored to you.
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 the peace, who did bring up out of the dead the great shepherd of the sheep — in the blood of an age-during 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 — to 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 entreat you, brethren, suffer the word of the exhortation, for also through few words I have written to you.
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 ye that the brother Timotheus is released, with whom, if he may come more shortly, I will see you.
24 Greet all your leaders and all God's people. The brethren from Italy send you greetings.
Salute all those leading you, and all the saints; salute you doth those from Italy:
25 Grace be with you all! Amen.
the grace [is] with you all! Amen.
