Hebrews 13:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

Obey

1 Timothy 5:17

Submit

Give account

Luke 16:2

Romans 14:12

2 Corinthians 5:10

With joy

1 Thessalonians 3:9

With grief

Philippians 3:18

General references

Acts 15:6

Bible References

Obey

Do not forget your Leaders, the men who told you God's Message. Recall the close of their lives, and imitate their faith.

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

We beg you, Brothers, to value those who toil among you, and are your leaders in the Lord's service, and give you counsel.

If any one disregards what we have said in this letter, mark that man and avoid his company, that he may feel ashamed.

Those Officers of the Church who fill their office well should be held deserving of especial consideration, particularly those whose work lies in preaching and teaching.

Submit

I want you, on your part, to show deference to such men as these, as well as to every fellow laborer and earnest worker.

And submit to one another from reverence for him.

Therefore submit to God; but resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

Again, you younger men should show deference to the older. And all of you should put on the badge of humility in mutual service, for 'God is opposed to the proud, but gives his help to the humble.'

Give account

So the master called him and said 'What is this that I hear about you? Give in your accounts, for you cannot act as steward any longer.'

So, then, each one of us will have to render account of himself to God.

For at the Bar of the Christ we must all appear in our true characters, that each may reap the results of the life which he has lived in the body, in accordance with his actions--whether good or worthless.

With joy

Always, in every prayer that I offer for you all--my prayers are full of joy--

Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.

So then, my dear Brothers, whom I am longing to see--you who are my joy and my crown, stand fast in union with the Lord, dear friends.

For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown shall we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his Coming, if it be not you?

How can we thank God enough for all the happiness that you are giving us in the sight of our God?

With grief

For there are many--of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears--who are living in enmity to the cross of the Christ.

General references

The Apostles and the Officers of the Church held a meeting to consider this question.