Hebrews 13:1-25 NIV
Concluding Exhortations
1Keep on
loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2Do
not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have
shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
3Continue to
remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those
who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
4Marriage
should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for GOD Will Judge
the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. 5Keep
your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have,
because GOD Has Said,
“Never Will I Leave you;
Never Will I Forsake you.”
“The
LORD Is my Helper; I will not be afraid.
What can
mere mortals do to me?”
7Remember
your leaders, who spoke the WORD of GOD to you. Consider the outcome of
their way of life and imitate their faith.
9Do not
be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to
be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no
benefit to those who do so. 10We
have an altar from which those who minister at the Tabernacle
have no right to eat.
11The
high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin
offering,
but the bodies are burned outside the camp.
14For here we
do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
15Through
JESUS, therefore, let us continually offer to GOD a sacrifice of praise—the fruit
of lips that openly profess His Name. 16And
do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices GOD Is Pleased.
17Have
confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep
watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work
will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
18Pray
for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live
honorably in every way. 19I
particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.
Benediction and Final Greetings
20Now may The GOD of Peace, Who through The Blood of The Eternal Covenant Brought Back from the dead our LORD JESUS, that Great
Shepherd of the sheep,
21equip
you with everything good for doing HIS Will, and may HE Work
in us what is pleasing to HIM, through JESUS CHRIST, to Whom Be Glory
for ever and ever. Amen.
22Brothers
and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have
written to you quite briefly.
23I want
you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I
will come with him to see you.
25Grace Be with you all.
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