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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hebrews 13</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hebrews/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//hebrews/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/hebrews/">Hebrews</a> > Hebrews 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/12.htm" title="Hebrews 12">◄</a> Hebrews 13 <a href="../james/1.htm" title="James 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/hebrews/13.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/hebrews/13.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/hebrews/13.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/hebrews/13.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/13.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/hebrews/13.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/13.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Brotherly Love<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Continue in brotherly love. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">Christ’s Unchanging Nature<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: <p class="indent1stline">“Never will I leave you, <p class="indent2"> never will I forsake you.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So we say with confidence: <p class="indent1stline">“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. <p class="indent2"> What can man do to me?”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Sacrifice, Obedience, and Prayer<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon. <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">Benediction and Farewell<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>equip you with every good thing<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> to do His will. And may He accomplish in us<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Greet all your leaders and all the saints. <p class="reg"> Those from Italy send you greetings. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Grace be with all of you.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> </p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <a href="../deuteronomy/31.htm#6">Deuteronomy 31:6, 8</a>; <a href="../joshua/1.htm#5">Joshua 1:5</a><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <a href="../psalms/118.htm#6">Psalm 118:6</a> (see also LXX)<br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> BYZ and TR <i>every good work</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> BYZ and TR <i>you</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> BYZ and TR include <i>Amen.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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