Hebrews 13:1-19 - Concluding Ethical Instructions

¹ Brotherly love must continue. ² Do not neglect hospitality, because through this some have received angels as guests without knowing [it]. ³ Remember the prisoners, as [though you were] fellow-prisoners; [remember] the mistreated, as [though] [you] yourselves also are being [mistreated] in the body. ⁴ Marriage [must be] held in honor by all, and the marriage bed [be] undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers. ⁵ Your lifestyle [must be] free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you." ⁶ So then, we can say with confidence, "The Lord [is] my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?"

⁷ Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith. ⁸ Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today and {forever}. ⁹ Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings, for [it is] good [for] the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods by which those who participate have not benefited. ¹⁰ We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not have the right to eat. ¹¹ For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sins are burned up outside the camp. ¹² Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, in order that he might sanctify the people by his own blood. ¹³ So we must go out to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. ¹⁴ For here we do not have a permanent city, but we seek the [city] that is to come. ¹⁵ Therefore through him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise {continually} to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. ¹⁶ And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices. ¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you. ¹⁸ Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, [and] want to conduct ourselves commendably in every [way]. ¹⁹ And I especially urge [you] to do this, so that I may be restored to you more quickly.