Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can men do to me?" 7 Do not forget your former leaders, the men who brought you God's message. Remember how they ended their lives and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same today that he was yesterday, and he will be so forever.

Cross References

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may never grow careless, but may learn to follow the example of those who through their faith and endurance are the possessors of God's promises.

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and give way to them, for they are keeping watch in defense of your souls, as men accountable for the trust. Make their work a joy and not a grief, for that would be the worse for you.

Hebrews 13:24

Remember us to all your leaders and to all your fellow-Christians. The brothers from Italy wish to be remembered to you.

Matthew 24:45

"Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful slave whom his master put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time?

Acts 14:23

They appointed elders for them in each church, and with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Luke 8:11

This is what the figure means. The seed is God's message.

Luke 12:42

And the Master said, "Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful manager, whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time?

Acts 4:31

When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and fearlessly uttered God's message.

Acts 7:55-60

But he, full of the holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw God's glory and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

Acts 13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly, and said, "God's message had to be told to you first, but since you thrust it off and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the heathen.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing what is told, and that hearing comes through the message about Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:16

So I urge you, follow my example.

1 Corinthians 10:13

It is no superhuman temptation that you have had. And God can be depended on, not to let you be tried beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to give you a way out of it, so that you can withstand it.

1 Corinthians 11:1

You must follow my example in this, as I am following Christ's.

Philippians 3:17

Follow my example, brothers, all of you, and notice those who follow the pattern we have set you.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you followed the example set by us and by the Lord, for though our message brought you great trouble, you welcomed it with joy inspired by the holy Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We for our part constantly thank God for another reason too??ecause when you received God's message from our lips, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which does its work in the hearts of you believers.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

We beg you, brothers, to respect those who work with you and who lead you in the service of the Lord, and teach you.

2 Thessalonians 3:7

For you know yourselves what you must do to follow my example, for I was not idle when I was with you;

2 Thessalonians 3:9

Not that I had not a right to my support, but to give you in my own conduct an example to imitate.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.

Revelation 6:9

When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who have been slaughtered on account of God's message and for adhering to the testimony.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.

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