Hebrews 13:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

Which

Word

Whose

Considering

Acts 7:55

General references

Acts 15:6

1 Corinthians 4:16

Bible References

Which

Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who must give account; that they may do thus with joy and not with lamentation, for this would be unprofitable to you.

"Who, then, is the faithful and prudent slave, to whom his master has entrusted his household, to give them their food in due season?

The Lord answered. "Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his Lord will put in charge of the rations in due time?

They chose elders for them in every church, after prayer and fasting, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

I entreat you, brothers, to acknowledge those who are toiling among you and are your leaders in the Lord, and give you counsel.

For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?

Word

"This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God.

When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the message of the Lord with boldness.

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. "It was necessary," they said, "first to proclaim the word of God to you. But since you push it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

So faith comes from a message heard, and the message comes from the teaching of Christ.

For this reason also I am giving continual thanks to God, because when you heard from me the spoken word of God, you received it not as the word of men, but as the word of God (which in truth it is), who himself is effectually at work in you believe.

I, John, who am your brother and who share with you in the woes and kingdom and stedfastness of Jesus, found myself in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they bore.

And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Whose

Then do not become slack, but be imitators of those who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises.

I beg you then to imitate my example.

Be imitators of me, as I am an imitator of Christ.

Brothers, be comrades in imitating me, and study those whose life and walk is according to the pattern I have set you.

Moreover, you began to follow the pattern I set you, and the Lord's also, receiving the word with joy in the Holy Spirit, although amid severe persecution.

For you know well how you must imitate me. For I did not lead an idle or disorderly life among you;

Considering

But he, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

General references

The apostles and elders met to consider the matter;

I beg you then to imitate my example.