Thematic Bible
Hebrews 13:1 (show verse)
Continue to love [one another] as brothers.
Hebrews 13:2 (show verse)
Do not forget to show hospitality toward strangers, for by doing this, some people have entertained angels without realizing it.
Hebrews 13:3 (show verse)
Remember [to pray for and help] those who are in prison, as though you [yourselves] were in prison with them. [Remember] those who are being mistreated, realizing that you [yourselves] also share [with them] a physical body [i.e., you are subject to the same kind of trials].
Hebrews 13:4 (show verse)
Marriage should be considered honorable among all people and its sexual responsibilities should be faithfully kept. For God will judge [and condemn] those people who are sexually immoral and who are sexually unfaithful to their mates.
Hebrews 13:5 (show verse)
Keep your lives free from the love of money [and be] content with what you have, because God [Himself] has said [Deut. 31:6], "By no means will I [ever] desert you or give up on you."
Hebrews 13:6 (show verse)
So, we can say with confidence [Psa. 118:6], "[Since] the Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid [of] what people might do to me." [or, "what (harm) can people do to me?"]
Hebrews 13:7 (show verse)
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.
Hebrews 13:8 (show verse)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:9 (show verse)
Do not continue to be swept off your course by all kinds of strange teachings. For it is good for your hearts to be strengthened by God's unearned favor [upon you] and not by [keeping regulations about] foods, which do not benefit those who observe them.
Hebrews 13:10 (show verse)
[Now] we [Christians] have an altar [i.e., the sacrifice of Christ] from which people who serve in the Tabernacle [i.e., the Jews] have no right to eat.
Hebrews 13:11 (show verse)
For the blood of the animals offered as sacrifices for sin is brought by the head priest into the Holy of Holies, [but] their bodies are burned outside of the camp.
Hebrews 13:12 (show verse)
Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside of the gate [i.e., of Jerusalem] so that He could make people holy through [the shedding of] His own blood.
Hebrews 13:13 (show verse)
So, we should go out to Him, outside of the camp [Note: This probably signifies separating from the whole system of Judaism, as well as full commitment to Christ], bearing the abuse that He suffered.
Hebrews 13:14 (show verse)
For we do not have a lasting city here on earth [i.e., such as Jerusalem] but we are looking for the city to come [i.e., heaven. See 10:11].
Hebrews 13:15 (show verse)
[So], through Jesus then, we should continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the expression of our lips as we confess His name [to be our Lord].
Hebrews 13:16 (show verse)
But do not forget to do good deeds and share [with others], for God is very pleased with such "sacrifices."
Hebrews 13:17 (show verse)
[You should] obey your leaders [Note: This probably refers to church elders] and submit to their oversight, for they look out for [the welfare of] your souls as men who will give an accounting [for your spiritual progress]. [Be obedient], so that they will be able to do this joyfully and not with sorrow, for that would be unprofitable to you.
Hebrews 13:18 (show verse)
Pray for us [continually]. We are convinced that we [i.e., the writer of Hebrews] have a clear conscience [i.e., regarding our relationship to you] and we want to behave properly in every way.
Hebrews 13:19 (show verse)
And I urge you people earnestly to do this [i.e., pray for me], so that I can be sent back to you sooner [i.e., by God's providence].
Hebrews 13:20 (show verse)
Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep [i.e., the church], through the blood of the never ending Agreement [i.e., Christ's blood],
Hebrews 13:21 (show verse)
equip you with every good deed for doing God's will. [May He] work in us [to accomplish] what is very pleasing in His sight through [the power of] Jesus Christ. May there be praise to Him forever and ever. May it be so.
Hebrews 13:22 (show verse)
But I urge you, brothers [and sisters], listen to these words of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
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Hebrews 13:23 (show verse)
I want you people to know that our brother Timothy has been released [from prison ?]. If he comes [to me] soon, I will bring him with me when I visit you.
Hebrews 13:24 (show verse)
Greet all of those who are your leaders, and all the saints [i.e., God's holy people]. Those [brothers] from Italy send you their greetings.
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Hebrews 13:25 (show verse)
May God's unearned favor be with all of you. May it be so.
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