1 Continue in brotherly love. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. 3 Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them. 4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” 6 So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” 7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them. 10 We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. 13 Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore. 14 For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. 15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. 16 And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you. 18 Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. 19 And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon. 20 Now 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, 21 equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 22 I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly. 23 Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you. 24 Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings. 25 Grace be with all of you.
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Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 John 4:20–5:1; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 2:17
- 2 Matthew 25:35; Genesis 18:1–19:3; 1 Peter 4:9; Romans 12:13; Matthew 25:43
- 3 Matthew 25:36; Hebrews 10:34; Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Colossians 4:18
- 4 Genesis 2:24; Proverbs 5:15–23; 1 Corinthians 7:2–16; Galatians 5:19; Genesis 1:27–28
- 5 Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5; Deuteronomy 31:6; 1 Samuel 12:22; Isaiah 41:17
- 6 Psalm 118:6–9; Isaiah 41:10; Romans 8:31; Psalm 27:1–3; Psalm 124:8
- 7 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13; Hebrews 13:17; Philippians 3:17; Hebrews 6:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:6
- 8 Malachi 3:6; James 1:17; Revelation 1:8; Isaiah 44:6; Hebrews 1:12
- 9 Ephesians 4:14; 1 Timothy 6:3–5; Ephesians 5:6; Romans 14:6; 1 John 4:1
- 10 1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 5:7–8; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 10:17–18; Numbers 7:5
- 11 Leviticus 16:27; Exodus 29:14; Numbers 19:3; Leviticus 9:11; Leviticus 6:30
- 12 Hebrews 9:12–14; John 19:17–18; Mark 15:20–24; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Acts 7:58
- 13 Hebrews 11:26; 1 Peter 4:14–16; Luke 6:22; Acts 5:41; Matthew 16:24
- 14 Philippians 3:20; Colossians 3:1–3; Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 11:12–16; 2 Peter 3:13–14
- 15 Psalm 107:21–22; Psalm 50:14; Romans 12:1; Psalm 145:1–21; 1 Peter 2:5
- 16 Galatians 6:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:13; Romans 12:13; Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 13:1–2
- 17 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13; 1 Timothy 5:17; Hebrews 13:7; 1 Peter 5:5; Acts 20:28
- 18 1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; 1 Timothy 1:5; Colossians 4:3; Acts 24:16
- 19 Philemon 22; Romans 1:10–12; Romans 15:31–32
- 20 John 10:11; Hebrews 10:22; Romans 15:33; Psalm 23:1; John 10:14
- 21 Philippians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:17; Philippians 4:13; 1 Peter 5:10–11; 2 Timothy 4:18
- 22 Hebrews 3:1; 1 Peter 5:12; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Galatians 6:11; Hebrews 12:1–2
- 23 1 Thessalonians 3:2; Philemon 1; 2 Timothy 1:8; Romans 15:25; Romans 15:28
- 24 Hebrews 13:7; Hebrews 13:17; Acts 18:2; Philemon 5; Colossians 1:2
- 25 Colossians 4:18; 2 Timothy 4:22; Titus 3:15; Romans 16:20; Revelation 22:21
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Anarchy is an evil, and the occasion of many calamities, and the source of disorder and confusion. For as, if thou take away the leader from a chorus, the chorus will not be in tune and in order; and if from a phalanx of an army thou remove the commander, the evolutions will no longer be made in time and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
In the epistle entitled "To the Hebrews" it is said, "To do good and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." And so, when it is written, "I desire mercy rather than sacrifice," nothing else is meant than that one sacrifice is preferred to another; for that which in common speech is called sacrifice is …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Hast thou not heard Paul, saying, "Marriage is honorable, and the bed undefiled?" But if on rising from the undefiled bed, thou darest not draw nigh in prayer, how dost thou coming from the bed of the devil call on that awful and terrible name?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For as the Apostle saith, Let marriage be had in honour among all, and let the bed be undefiled.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… to our God for the benefits we have received, according to the measure of our purification from evil, as we receive one a larger and another a smaller share of the aid of the Spirit, that we may offer "the sacrifice of praise to God." According to one use, then, it is thus that we offer our thanksgiving, as the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)