New Testament · Letters

Hebrews chapter 13

Keep .Don’t forget to into your homes — some people have done that and ended up hosting without even knowing it.Remember those in as if you were locked up with them. Remember those being mistreated as if it were your own body suffering.Marriage should be respected by everyone, and the marriage bed should be kept faithful — because God will judge those who are and those who .Keep your life free from the and be content with what you have, because God himself has said, “I will never leave you. I will never abandon you.”So we can say with confidence: “God is my — I won’t be afraid. What can anyone do to me?”Remember your who first spoke God’s message to you. Look at how their lives turned out and follow the example of their .Jesus, , is the same yesterday, today, and forever.Don’t get carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It’s better for your heart to be strengthened by God’s than by following — which have never actually helped the people who practice them.We have an that the priests who serve the have no right to eat from.Under the old system, the carries the blood of animals into as an , but the bodies of those animals are burned outside the camp.That’s why Jesus also suffered , to through his own blood.So let’s go to him , bearing the same he carried.Because here on earth we don’t have a — we’re looking for the city that’s coming.Through Jesus, then, let’s keep offering God a — that is, the words from our lips that .And don’t forget to do good and to share what you have — because these are the kinds of .Trust your and respect their guidance, because they and will have to give an account for how they did it. Make their job a joy, not a burden — because if it’s a burden, that doesn’t help you either.Pray for us. We’re confident that we have a and want to live the right way in everything.I especially ask you to pray that I’ll be able to come back to you soon.Now may the — who our Lord Jesus, the of the sheep, through the blood of an —— with everything good so you can do what he wants, working in us what is pleasing to him through Jesus, . To him be the forever and ever. Amen.I urge you, , to bear with this — after all, I’ve written you only a short letter.You should know that our brother has been released. If he gets here soon enough, I’ll come visit you with him.Give my greetings to all your leaders and to all of . send you their greetings.May God’s be with all of you.