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Hebrews 13 Catholic Public Domain Version

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1 May fraternal charity remain in you.
1 Let brotherly love continue.
2 And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.
2 Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
3 Remember those who are prisoners, just as if you were imprisoned with them, and those who endure hardships, just as if you were in their place.
3 Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
4 May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
5 Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, “I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you.”
5 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
6 So then, we may confidently say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.”
6 So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
7 Remember your leaders, who have spoken the Word of God to you, whose faith you imitate, by observing the goal of their way of life:
7 Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ, yesterday and today; Jesus Christ forever.
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
9 Do not be led away by changing or strange doctrines. And it is best for the heart to be sustained by grace, not by foods. For the latter have not been as useful to those who walked by them.
9 Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
10 We have an altar: those who serve in the tabernacle have no authority to eat from it.
10 We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.
11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is carried into the Holy of holies by the high priest, on behalf of sin, are burned outside the camp.
11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp.
12 Because of this, Jesus, too, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered outside the gate.
12 Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
13 And so, let us go forth to him, outside the camp, bearing his reproach.
13 Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For in this place, we have no everlasting city; instead, we seek one in the future.
14 For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
15 Therefore, through him, let us offer the sacrifice of continual praise to God, which is the fruit of lips confessing his name.
15 Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
16 But do not be willing to forget good works and fellowship. For God is deserving of such sacrifices.
16 But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17 Obey your leaders and be subject to them. For they watch over you, as if to render an account of your souls. So then, may they do this with joy, and not with grief. Otherwise, it would not be as helpful to you.
17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
18 Pray for us. For we trust that we have a good conscience, being willing to conduct ourselves well in all things.
18 Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
19 And I beg you, all the more, to do this, so that I may be quickly returned to you.
19 I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.
20 Then may the God of peace, who led back from the dead that great Pastor of sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the blood of the eternal testament,
20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
21 equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.
21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
22 And I beg you, brothers, that you may permit this word of consolation, especially since I have written to you with few words.
22 But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
23 Know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he arrives soon, then I will see you with him.
23 Know that our brother Timothy has been freed, with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.
24 Greet all your leaders and all the saints. The brothers from Italy greet you.
24 Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.
25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
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 1 John 4:20–5:1; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 2:17
  2. 2 Matthew 25:35; Genesis 18:1–19:3; 1 Peter 4:9; Romans 12:13; Matthew 25:43
  3. 3 Matthew 25:36; Hebrews 10:34; Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Colossians 4:18
  4. 4 Genesis 2:24; Proverbs 5:15–23; 1 Corinthians 7:2–16; Galatians 5:19; Genesis 1:27–28
  5. 5 Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5; Deuteronomy 31:6; 1 Samuel 12:22; Isaiah 41:17
  6. 6 Psalm 118:6–9; Isaiah 41:10; Romans 8:31; Psalm 27:1–3; Psalm 124:8
  7. 7 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13; Hebrews 13:17; Philippians 3:17; Hebrews 6:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:6
  8. 8 Malachi 3:6; James 1:17; Revelation 1:8; Isaiah 44:6; Hebrews 1:12
  9. 9 Ephesians 4:14; 1 Timothy 6:3–5; Ephesians 5:6; Romans 14:6; 1 John 4:1
  10. 10 1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 5:7–8; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 10:17–18; Numbers 7:5
  11. 11 Leviticus 16:27; Exodus 29:14; Numbers 19:3; Leviticus 9:11; Leviticus 6:30
  12. 12 Hebrews 9:12–14; John 19:17–18; Mark 15:20–24; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Acts 7:58
  13. 13 Hebrews 11:26; 1 Peter 4:14–16; Luke 6:22; Acts 5:41; Matthew 16:24
  14. 14 Philippians 3:20; Colossians 3:1–3; Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 11:12–16; 2 Peter 3:13–14
  15. 15 Psalm 107:21–22; Psalm 50:14; Romans 12:1; Psalm 145:1–21; 1 Peter 2:5
  16. 16 Galatians 6:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:13; Romans 12:13; Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 13:1–2
  17. 17 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13; 1 Timothy 5:17; Hebrews 13:7; 1 Peter 5:5; Acts 20:28
  18. 18 1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; 1 Timothy 1:5; Colossians 4:3; Acts 24:16
  19. 19 Philemon 22; Romans 1:10–12; Romans 15:31–32
  20. 20 John 10:11; Hebrews 10:22; Romans 15:33; Psalm 23:1; John 10:14
  21. 21 Philippians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:17; Philippians 4:13; 1 Peter 5:10–11; 2 Timothy 4:18
  22. 22 Hebrews 3:1; 1 Peter 5:12; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Galatians 6:11; Hebrews 12:1–2
  23. 23 1 Thessalonians 3:2; Philemon 1; 2 Timothy 1:8; Romans 15:25; Romans 15:28
  24. 24 Hebrews 13:7; Hebrews 13:17; Acts 18:2; Philemon 5; Colossians 1:2
  25. 25 Colossians 4:18; 2 Timothy 4:22; Titus 3:15; Romans 16:20; Revelation 22:21

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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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).

  1. Commentary 13:17 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews (Homily XXXIV)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 13:16 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book X, Chapters 4–6)

    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)

  3. Quotes verse 13:4 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LI)

    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)

  4. Quotes verse 13:4 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IV)

    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)

  5. Quotes verse 13:15 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XXV–XXVI)

    … 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)