Hebrews 13

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

1 Let u brotherly love continue. 2 v Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby w some have entertained angels unawares. 3 x Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 4 y Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge z the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5 Keep your life a free from love of money, and b be content with what you have, for he has said, c "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

6 So we can confidently say,
d "The Lord is my helper;
e I will not fear;
what can man do to me?"

7 Remember f your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and g imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is h the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be i led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, j not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. 10 We have an altar k from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. 11 For l the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned m outside the camp. 12 So Jesus also n suffered o outside the gate in order to sanctify the people p through his own blood. 13 Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear q the reproach he endured. 14 For r here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. 15 s Through him then let us continually offer up t a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, u the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. 16 Do not neglect to do good and v to share what you have, for such w sacrifices are pleasing to God.

17 Obey x your leaders and submit to them, y for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to z give an account. a Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

18 b Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. 19 I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order c that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Benediction

20 Now d may the God of peace e who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, f the great shepherd of the sheep, by g the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 h equip you with everything good that you may do his will, i working in us 1 that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, j to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

22 I appeal to you, brothers, 2 bear with my word of exhortation, for k I have written to you briefly. 23 You should know that l our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon. 24 Greet all m your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings. 25 n Grace be with all of you.

  1. Cross References
    Romans 12:10
    Love one another with brotherly affection. Outd...
    1 Thessalonians 4:9
    Now concerning brotherly love you have no need ...
    1 Peter 1:22
    Having purified your souls by your obedience to...
    2 Peter 1:7
    And godliness with brotherly affection, and bro...
    1 Peter 2:17
    Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God....
    1 Peter 3:8
    Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympat...
    1 John 3:10
    By this it is evident who are the children of G...
    1 John 4:7
    Beloved, let us love one another, for love is f...
    1 John 4:20 - 21
    If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his bro...
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 25:35
    For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
    1 Peter 4:9
    Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 18:3
    And said, "O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.
    Genesis 19:2
    And said, "My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way." They said, "No; we will spend the night in the town square.
  4. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:34
    For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
    Matthew 25:36
    I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
  5. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:38
    So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
    1 Timothy 4:3
    Who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  6. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:9
    Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality.
  7. Cross References
    1 Timothy 3:3
    Not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
  8. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:7 - 8
    For we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
    Philippians 4:11
    Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
    Matthew 6:25
    Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 1:5
    No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
    Psalms 37:25
    I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
    2 Corinthians 4:9
    Persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
  10. Cross References
    Joshua 1:5
    No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 118:6
    The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
    Psalms 27:1
    The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 56:4
    In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
    Psalms 56:11
    In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 118:6
    The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
  14. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:17
    Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
    Hebrews 13:24
    Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.
  15. Cross References
    Hebrews 6:12
    So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  16. Cross References
    Hebrews 1:12
    Like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.
    John 8:58
    Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.
    Revelation 1:4
    John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne.
    Revelation 1:8
    "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
    2 Corinthians 1:19
    For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.
  17. Cross References
    Jude 1:12
    These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted.
    Ephesians 4:14
    So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
  18. Cross References
    Colossians 2:16
    Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
  19. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 9:13
    Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
    1 Corinthians 10:18
    Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar?
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 29:14
    But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
  21. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:13
    Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.
  22. Cross References
    Hebrews 9:12
    He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
  23. Cross References
    Matthew 21:39
    And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
    Matthew 27:32
    As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.
    John 19:17
    And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
    John 19:20
    Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.
    Acts 7:58
    Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  24. Cross References
    Revelation 14:20
    And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.
  25. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:26
    He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
    1 Peter 4:14
    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
  26. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:10
    For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
    Hebrews 11:16
    But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
    Hebrews 12:28
    Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.
    Micah 2:10
    Arise and go, for this is no place to rest, because of uncleanness that destroys with a grievous destruction.
    Ephesians 2:19
    So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
  27. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:20
    Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  28. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:12
    If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil.
    Psalms 107:22
    And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
    Psalms 116:17
    I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord.
  29. Cross References
    Isaiah 57:19
    Creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him.
    Hosea 14:2
    Take with you words and return to the Lord ; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
    Psalms 119:108
    Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your rules.
  30. Cross References
    Romans 12:13
    Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
  31. Cross References
    Micah 6:7 - 8
    Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
    Philippians 4:18
    I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
  32. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:7
    Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
    Hebrews 13:24
    Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:17
    Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
  34. Cross References
    Jeremiah 13:20
    Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
    Ezekiel 34:10
    Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
  35. Cross References
    Acts 20:24
    But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
    Acts 20:31
    Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
  36. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 5:25
    Brothers, pray for us.
    2 Thessalonians 3:1
    Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you.
  37. Cross References
    Philemon 1:22
    At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.
  38. Cross References
    Romans 15:33
    May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
  39. Cross References
    Acts 2:24
    God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
  40. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:11
    Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit.
    John 10:11
    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  41. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:29
    How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
    Zechariah 9:11
    As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
    Isaiah 54:10
    For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
  42. Cross References
    2 Thessalonians 2:17
    Comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
    1 Peter 5:10
    And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
  43. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:36
    For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
    Philippians 2:13
    For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
  44. Cross References
    Romans 11:36
    For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
  45. Cross References
    1 Peter 5:12
    By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
  46. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 3:2
    And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith.
  47. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:7
    Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
    Hebrews 13:17
    Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
  48. Cross References
    Colossians 4:18
    I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
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