Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith--
New American Standard Bible
Remember
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.
International Standard Version
Remember your leaders, those who have spoken God's word to you. Think about the impact of their lives, and imitate their faith.
American Standard Version
Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
Amplified
Remember your leaders [for it was they] who brought you the word of God; and consider the result of their conduct [the outcome of their godly lives], and imitate their faith [their conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things, the Provider of eternal salvation through Christ, and imitate their reliance on God with absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].
An Understandable Version
Remember your leaders who told you God's message. [Note: This probably refers to former preachers who had since died]. Consider the outcome of the way they lived and imitate their faith.
Anderson New Testament
Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken to you the word of God: attentively consider the result of their conduct, and imitate their faith.
Bible in Basic English
Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
Common New Testament
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Remember those who have the rule over you, who have preach'd to you the word of God: imitate their faith; consider their conduct, and the exit they made.
Darby Translation
Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.
Godbey New Testament
Remember your leaders, who spoke to you the word of God: the outgoing of whose deportment seeing, imitate their faith.
Goodspeed New Testament
Do not forget your former leaders, the men who brought you God's message. Remember how they ended their lives and imitate their faith.
John Wesley New Testament
Remember them that had the rule over you, who spake to you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Julia Smith Translation
Remember them guiding you, who spake to you the word of God: of whom, observing narrowly the issue of the mode of life, imitate the faith:
King James 2000
Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.
Modern King James verseion
Remember those leading you, who have spoken to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conduct:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Remember them which have the oversight of you, which have declared unto you the word of God: consider the conversation of their living, the end of whose conversation see that ye look upon, and follow their faith.
Moffatt New Testament
Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the word of God to you; look back upon the close of their career, and copy their faith.
Montgomery New Testament
Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the message of God to you; consider the issue of their lives, and imitate their faith.
NET Bible
Remember your leaders, who spoke God's message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.
New Heart English Bible
Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
Noyes New Testament
Remember your leaders, who spoke to you the word of God; and considering well the end of their manner of life, imitate their faith.
Sawyer New Testament
Remember your guides who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the end of their life follow the faith.
The Emphasized Bible
Be mindful of them who are guiding you, who, indeed, have spoken unto you, the word of God: the outgoing of whose behaviour, reviewing, be imitating, their faith.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Remember your presidents, who have spoken to you the word of God: the ultimate issue of whose conduct attentively observing, be imitators of their fidelity.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do not forget your Leaders, the men who told you God's Message. Recall the close of their lives, and imitate their faith.
Webster
Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken to you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life.
Weymouth New Testament
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.
Williams New Testament
You must not forget your former leaders, for it was they who brought you the message of God. Consider how they closed their lives; imitate their faith.
World English Bible
Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
Worrell New Testament
Remember those who are your leaders, who spake to you the word of God; and, considering the issue of whose manner of life, imitate their faith.
Worsley New Testament
Remember your guides, who spake the word of God to you; whose faith imitate, considering the happy end of their conversation.
Youngs Literal Translation
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,
Themes
Awe » For the aged » For men of God
Christian ministers » Duties of the church to
Church » Duty of, to ministers
Honour » Due to religious leaders
Imitation » Of worldly people and customs condemned » Spiritual
Ministers » Charges to » Honour due to
Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Imitate their faith
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Reverence » For servants of God
Topics
Interlinear
hegeomai
hostis
Pistis
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 13:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concluding Ethical Instructions
6 So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me? 7 Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith-- 8 Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today, and into the ages.
Names
Cross References
Hebrews 6:12
so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.
Hebrews 13:17
Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you.
Hebrews 13:24
Salute all those who lead you, and all the sanctified. The men from Italy salute you.
Song of Songs 1:8
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Matthew 24:45
Who then is the faithful and wise bondman, whom his lord appointed over his service, to give them the provision on time?
Acts 14:23
And having appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God.
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time?
Acts 4:31
And when they prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Acts 7:55-60
But being full of Holy Spirit, having gazed into heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Acts 13:46
But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Romans 10:17
So faith is from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
1 Corinthians 4:16
I beseech you therefore, become followers of me.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Become ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Philippians 3:17
Brothers, become fellow-imitators of me, and watch those who so walk, just as ye have us for an example.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of Holy Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And because of this we thank God without ceasing, because, having received the word of God heard from us, ye received not the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
And we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor among you, and who lead you in Lord, and who admonish you,
2 Thessalonians 3:7
For ye yourselves know how it is necessary to imitate us. Because we did not act disorderly among you,
2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we have no right, but that we might give ourselves an example to you, in order to imitate us.
1 Timothy 3:5
(but if any man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of a congregation of God?),
Revelation 1:9
I John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Christ Jesus, happened to be on the isle that is called Patmos because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 6:9
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of the Lamb that they held.
Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them. And judgment was given to them and the souls of those who were beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image,