Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.

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.

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--

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.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
μνημονεύω 
Mnemoneuo 
Usage: 13

ἡγέομαι 
hegeomai 
Usage: 27

you
ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

who
ὅστις ἥτις ὅ6τι 
hostis 
Usage: 112

λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

the word
λόγος 
Logos 
word, saying, account, speech, Word , thing, not tr,
Usage: 256

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

πίστις 
Pistis 
Usage: 221

μιμέομαι 
Mimeomai 
Usage: 4

ἀναθεωρέω 
Anathaoreo 
Usage: 2

the end
ἔκβασις 
Ekbasis 
way of escape, end
Usage: 2

of
ἀναστροφή 
Anastrophe 
Usage: 13

Context Readings

Concluding Ethical Instructions

6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me? 7 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. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

Cross References

Hebrews 6:12

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

Hebrews 13:17

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

Hebrews 13:24

Give words of love from me to those who are rulers over you, and to all the saints. Those who are in Italy send you their love.

Song of Songs 1:8

If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

Matthew 24:45

Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

Acts 14:23

And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

Luke 8:11

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 12:42

And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

Acts 4:31

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

Acts 7:55-60

But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

Acts 13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:16

So my desire is that you take me as your example.

1 Corinthians 10:13

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

1 Corinthians 11:1

So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

Philippians 3:17

Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

2 Thessalonians 3:7

For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,

2 Thessalonians 3:9

Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

1 Timothy 3:5

(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

Revelation 6:9

And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

Revelation 20:4

And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.

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