1 Let brotherly loue continue. 2 Be not forgetfull to intertaine strangers: for thereby some haue receiued Angels into their houses vnwares. 3 Remember them that are in bondes, as though ye were bounde with them: and them that are in affliction, as if ye were also afflicted in the body. 4 Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge. 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, and be content with those things that ye haue, for he hath said, 6 I will not faile thee, neither forsake thee: 7 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is mine helper, neither will I feare what man can doe vnto me. 8 Remember them which haue the ouersight of you, which haue declared vnto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering what hath bene the ende of their conuersation. Iesus Christ yesterday, and to day, the same also is for euer. 9 Be not caried about with diuers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, and not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue bene occupied therein. 10 We haue an altar, whereof they haue no authoritie to eate, which serue in the tabernacle. 11 For the bodies of those beastes whose blood is brought into the Holy place by the high Priest for sinne, are burnt without the campe. 12 Therefore euen Iesus, that he might sanctifie the people with his owne blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let vs goe foorth to him therefore out of the campe, bearing his reproch. 14 For here haue we no continuing citie: but we seeke one to come. 15 Let vs therefore by him offer the sacrifice of prayse alwaies to God, that is, the fruite of the lippes, which confesse his Name. 16 To doe good, and to distribute forget not: for with such sacrifices God is pleased. 17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must giue accountes, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you. 18 Pray for vs: for we are assured that we haue a good conscience in all things, desiring to liue honestly. 19 And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly. 20 The God of peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Iesus, the great shepheard of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant, 21 Make you perfect in all good workes, to doe his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise for euer and euer, Amen. 22 I beseeche you also, brethren, suffer the wordes of exhortation: for I haue written vnto you in fewe wordes. 23 Knowe that our brother Timotheus is deliuered, with whome (if hee come shortly) I will see you. 24 Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you, and all the Saintes. They of Italie salute you. 25 Grace be with you all, Amen. ‘Written to the Hebrewes from Italie, and sent by Timotheus.’
Hebrews 13 Geneva Bible (1599)
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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
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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)