Hebrews 13
1 Let brotherly love continue.
Let brotherly love always continue.
2 Be not forgetful of hospitality; for thereby some have entertained angels, not knowing it.
Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests.
3 Remember those that are in bonds, as if bound with them: and those that suffer evil as being yourselves also in the body.
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.
4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed is not defiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Let marriage be held in honour among all, and let the marriage bed be unpolluted; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
5 Let your conversation be free from covetousness, and be contented with what ye have: for He hath said, I will not leave thee; I will never, never forsake thee.
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."
6 So that we may say with courage, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
So that we fearlessly say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid: what can man do to me?"
7 Remember your guides, who spake the word of God to you; whose faith imitate, considering the happy end of their conversation.
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.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day--yes, and to the ages to come. (aiōn g165)
9 be not then carried about by various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the heart be established by grace, and not in meats, in which those that have been most exact, have not profited by them.
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.
10 We have an altar, of which those who perform service in the tabernacle have no right to eat.
We Christians have an altar from which the ministers of the Jewish Tent have no right to eat.
11 As the bodies of those animals, whose blood being offered for sin is brought into the holy place by the high-priest, are not eaten, but are burnt without the camp.
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.
12 Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.
And for this reason Jesus also, in order, by His own blood, to set the people free from sin, suffered outside the gate.
13 Let us then go out unto Him without the camp, bearing his reproach: for we have here no continuing city,
Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, sharing the insults directed against Him.
14 but are seeking that which is to come.
For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.
15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
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.
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
And do not forget to be kind and liberal; for with sacrifices of that sort God is greatly pleased.
17 Be ruled by those that are your guides, and submit to them: for they watch for your souls; (as those that must give an account) that they may do it with joy and not with uneasiness: for this were unprofitable for you.
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.
18 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, desiring in all things to behave well.
Keep on praying for us; for we are sure that we have clear consciences, and we desire to live nobly in every respect.
19 And I the more earnestly intreat you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
I specially urge this upon you in order that I may be the more speedily restored to you.
20 Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the everlasting covenant, (aiōnios g166)
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)
21 make you perfect in every good work, to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
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)
22 I beseech you, brethren, bear with this word of exhortation: as I have written to you in brief.
Bear with me, brethren, when I thus exhort you; for, in fact, it is but a short letter that I have written to you.
23 Know that our brother Timothy is set at liberty, with whom (if he come soon) I will see you.
You will rejoice to hear that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty. If he comes soon, I will see you with him.
24 Salute all that preside over you, yea and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
Greet all your leaders and all God's people. The brethren from Italy send you greetings.
25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
Grace be with you all! Amen.
