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It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. <a href="/nlt/hebrews/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them. <a href="/esv/hebrews/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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 href="/blb/hebrews/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, in which those being devoted were not profited. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/13.htm">King James Bible</a> Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/13.htm">New King James Version</a> Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Do not be misled by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were thus occupied were not benefited. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. <a href="/amp/hebrews/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them. <a href="/csb/hebrews/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by food regulations, since those who observe them have not benefited. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Don&#8217t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited. <a href="/asv/hebrews/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited. <a href="/cev/hebrews/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's gift of undeserved grace than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them. <a href="/erv/hebrews/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be stablished by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't get carried away by all kinds of unfamiliar teachings. Gaining inner strength from God's kindness is good for us. This strength does not come from following rules about food, rules that don't help those who follow them. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you from the right way. It is good to receive inner strength from God's grace, and not by obeying rules about foods; those who obey these rules have not been helped by them. <a href="/isv/hebrews/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> Stop being carried away by all kinds of unusual teachings, for it is good that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by food laws that have never helped those who follow them. <a href="/msb/hebrews/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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 href="/net/hebrews/13.htm">NET Bible</a> Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied in them. <a href="/wey/hebrews/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Do not be drawn aside by all sorts of strange teaching; for it is well to have the heart made stedfast through God's grace, and not by special kinds of food, from which those who scrupulously attend to them have derived no benefit. <a href="/web/hebrews/13.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Do not be carried away with strange and manifold teachings, for [it is] good that by grace the heart is confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited; <a href="/blb/hebrews/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, in which those being devoted were not profited. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for it is good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited; <a href="/slt/hebrews/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> With various and strange teachings be not carried about. For good the heart be rendered firm by grace; not by food, in which they having walked about were not profited.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats; which have not profited those that walk in them. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teaching. It is good to have our hearts strengthened by grace and not by foods, which do not benefit those who live by them. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings; for it is well for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who observe them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Do not be carried away by strange and divers doctrines. For it is a good thing to strengthen our hearts with grace; not with food, because it did not help those who greatly sought after it. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Do not be led to strange and changeable teaching, for it is good that we strengthen our hearts by grace and not with foods, because those who have walked in them have not been helped.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Be not carried away by various and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with meats, which have not profited those who were occupied with them. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Be not carried away with fantastical and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, in which those going round were not profited. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Be not tossed about by various and strange doctrines: for it is good to have the heart firmly established by grace, not by meats, in which observances they who have walked have found no manner of advantage. <a href="/mace/hebrews/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd. <a href="/wey/hebrews/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Do not be drawn aside by all sorts of strange teaching; for it is well to have the heart made stedfast through God's grace, and not by special kinds of food, from which those who scrupulously attend to them have derived no benefit. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Be not carried away by manifold and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who occupied themselves were not profited. <a href="/worsley/hebrews/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> be not then carried about by various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the heart be established by grace, and not in meats, in which those that have been most exact, have not profited by them. <a href="/parallel/hebrews/13-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=2844" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/13.htm">Christ's Unchanging Nature</a> …8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9<a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">Do not</a> <a href="/greek/3911.htm" title="3911: parapheresthe (V-PMM/P-2P) -- From para and phero; to bear along or aside, i.e. Carry off; by implication, to avert.">be carried away by</a> <a href="/greek/4164.htm" title="4164: poikilais (Adj-DFP) -- Various, of different colors, diverse, various. Of uncertain derivation; motley, i.e. Various in character.">all kinds</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3581.htm" title="3581: xenais (Adj-DFP) -- Apparently a primary word; foreign; by implication, a guest or entertainer.">of strange</a> <a href="/greek/1322.htm" title="1322: Didachais (N-DFP) -- Teaching, doctrine, what is taught. From didasko; instruction.">teachings,</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">for</a> <a href="/greek/2570.htm" title="2570: kalon (Adj-NNS) -- Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.">it is good</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">for the</a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardian (N-AFS) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">heart</a> <a href="/greek/950.htm" title="950: bebaiousthai (V-PNM/P) -- To confirm, ratify, secure, establish; pass: I guarantee. From bebaios; to stabilitate.">to be strengthened</a> <a href="/greek/5485.htm" title="5485: chariti (N-DFS) -- From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act.">by grace</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">and not</a> <a href="/greek/1033.htm" title="1033: brōmasin (N-DNP) -- Food of any kind. From the base of bibrosko; food, especially articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law.">by foods</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hois (RelPro-DNP) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">of no</a> <a href="/greek/5623.htm" title="5623: ōphelēthēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To help, benefit, do good, be useful (to), profit. From the same as opheleia; to be useful, i.e. To benefit.">value</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to those</a> <a href="/greek/4043.htm" title="4043: peripatountes (V-PPA-NMP) -- From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.">devoted</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">to them.</a> 10We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-9</a> I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— / which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. / But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! ... <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-23</a> Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. / Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind. ... <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-5</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. / They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. ... <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a> Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3-4</a> I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. / For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily. <a href="/acts/15-1.htm">Acts 15:1-11</a> Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” / And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. / Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers. ... <a href="/romans/14-17.htm">Romans 14:17</a> For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. <a href="/1_corinthians/8-8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:8</a> But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a> Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a> For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. <a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Matthew 15:9</a> They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” <a href="/mark/7-7.htm">Mark 7:7-9</a> They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ / You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” / He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition. <a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm">1 Peter 2:2</a> Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Jeremiah 10:8</a> But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood! <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a> Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.carried.<a href="/matthew/24-4.htm">Matthew 24:4,24</a> And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you… <a href="/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30</a> Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.<a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17,18</a> Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them… it is.<a href="/acts/20-32.htm">Acts 20:32</a> And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.<a href="/2_corinthians/1-21.htm">2 Corinthians 1:21</a> Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;<a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">Galatians 6:1</a> Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.not with.<a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Hebrews 9:9,10</a> Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; … <a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">Leviticus 11:1-47</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, … <a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm">Deuteronomy 14:3-21</a> Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/philemon/1-13.htm">Attend</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-17.htm">Benefited</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Ceremonial</a> <a href="/philemon/1-7.htm">Derived</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-15.htm">Different</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Divers</a> <a href="/daniel/7-24.htm">Diverse</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-3.htm">Doctrines</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-15.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-17.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-16.htm">Established</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm">Foods</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-7.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-6.htm">Good</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-6.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/titus/3-3.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Meats</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-58.htm">Occupied</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-10.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/galatians/1-14.htm">Profited</a> <a href="/galatians/4-10.htm">Scrupulously</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Special</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-19.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-13.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-11.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Teachings</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-19.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-2.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-17.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">Varied</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Various</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_peter/3-12.htm">Attend</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-4.htm">Benefited</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-2.htm">Ceremonial</a> <a href="/romans/3-1.htm">Derived</a> <a href="/james/2-25.htm">Different</a> <a href="/james/1-2.htm">Divers</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-19.htm">Diverse</a> <a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Doctrines</a> <a href="/james/1-14.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-12.htm">Established</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Food</a> <a href="/psalms/63-5.htm">Foods</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-24.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">Good</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-21.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/james/1-6.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/james/1-2.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/genesis/40-17.htm">Meats</a> <a href="/genesis/36-43.htm">Occupied</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/job/21-15.htm">Profited</a> <a href="/james/1-26.htm">Scrupulously</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/james/2-3.htm">Special</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-19.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/genesis/48-2.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/james/3-4.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-16.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/revelation/22-9.htm">Teachings</a> <a href="/james/1-22.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/james/1-25.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/james/1-27.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/james/1-14.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">Varied</a> <a href="/james/1-2.htm">Various</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 13</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/13-1.htm">Various admonitions as to love;</a> 4. <a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">to honest life;</a> 5. <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">to avoid covetousness;</a> 7. <a href="/hebrews/13-7.htm">to regard God's preachers;</a> 9. <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">to take heed of strange doctrines;</a> 10. <a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">to confess Christ;</a> 16. <a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">to give alms;</a> 17. <a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">to obey governors;</a> 18. <a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">to pray for the apostles.</a> 20. <a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">The conclusion.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the early church, various heresies and false doctrines emerged, such as Gnosticism and Judaizing tendencies, which sought to add to or distort the message of Christ. The Apostle Paul similarly warns against false teachings in <a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-9</a> and <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a>. The emphasis here is on discernment and steadfastness in the truth of the Gospel, as taught by the apostles and rooted in Scripture.for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace Grace is central to the Christian faith, emphasizing God's unmerited favor and the transformative power of His love. This contrasts with legalistic practices that focus on human effort. <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a> highlights that salvation is by grace through faith, not by works. The strengthening of the heart by grace suggests spiritual growth and maturity that comes from reliance on God's grace rather than human traditions or rituals.and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them This phrase addresses dietary laws and practices that were prevalent in Jewish tradition and among some early Christian sects. The reference to foods echoes the debates in the early church about the role of Jewish dietary laws, as seen in <a href="/acts/15.htm">Acts 15</a> and <a href="/romans/14.htm">Romans 14</a>. Jesus Himself declared all foods clean in <a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a>, emphasizing that spiritual purity comes from the heart, not dietary observance. The focus here is on the futility of relying on external rituals for spiritual strength, underscoring the sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice and the new covenant of grace.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes to Jewish Christians, encouraging them to remain steadfast in their faith. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jewish_christians.htm">Jewish Christians</a> The primary audience of the letter, who were facing pressure to revert to Jewish customs and laws. 3. <a href="/topical/s/strange_teachings.htm">Strange Teachings</a> Refers to doctrines that deviate from the core message of the Gospel, possibly including Jewish dietary laws or other legalistic practices. 4. <a href="/topical/g/grace.htm">Grace</a> Central to Christian doctrine, emphasizing unmerited favor from God, as opposed to adherence to the law. 5. <a href="/topical/f/foods.htm">Foods</a> Likely refers to Jewish dietary laws and rituals, which some were advocating as necessary for spiritual strength.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_false_teachings.htm">Guard Against False Teachings</a> Be vigilant in discerning teachings that deviate from the Gospel of grace. Test all teachings against Scripture to ensure they align with the truth of God's Word. <a href="/topical/s/strengthened_by_grace,_not_rituals.htm">Strengthened by Grace, Not Rituals</a> Understand that spiritual strength comes from God's grace, not from adherence to rituals or dietary laws. Embrace the freedom found in Christ. <a href="/topical/f/focus_on_the_heart.htm">Focus on the Heart</a> Prioritize the condition of your heart over external practices. True spiritual growth is internal and rooted in a relationship with Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_sufficiency_of_christ.htm">The Sufficiency of Christ</a> Recognize that Christ's sacrifice is sufficient for salvation and spiritual nourishment. Additional rituals or laws are not needed to enhance one's standing before God. <a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a> Engage with a community of believers to encourage one another in sound doctrine and to hold each other accountable to the truth of the Gospel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 13</a> <a href="/q/how_do_christians_handle_pet_loss.htm">What are the doctrines of demons?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_lev_22_compare_to_nt_grace.htm">How do Leviticus 22's rules compare with New Testament teachings on grace and accessibility for all believers?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_jesus_unchanging_despite_changes.htm">(Hebrews 13:8) If Jesus is unchanging “yesterday and today and forever,” how do we reconcile His birth, death, and resurrection as actual changes? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_kundalini_spirit.htm">What is the Kundalini spirit?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) Be not carried about.--The better reading of the Greek gives a meaning somewhat different, Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings. The ordinary reading may have come in from <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm" title="That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;">Ephesians 4:14</a>. The "teachings" by which they were in danger of being led astray were various, and were all foreign to the one true word. The contrasts expressed in the second part of this verse and in <a href="/context/hebrews/13-10.htm" title="We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.">Hebrews 13:10-11</a>, throw light on the nature and source of the erroneous doctrine. Its subject was not "grace," but "meats;" its promoters were connected with those who serve the Tabernacle. Hence the writer is probably speaking of doctrines and practices similar to those censured by St. Paul in <a href="/context/colossians/2-16.htm" title=" Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:">Colossians 2:16-23</a>. (See the introductory Note on Romans 14; also <a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm" title="Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.">1Timothy 4:3</a>.) In <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm" title="Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.">Hebrews 9:10</a> we read of "meats and drinks" in connection with the Law of Moses; here the divers and strange teachings" must include human additions to that Law and perversions of its spirit.With grace; not with meats.--Better, by grace, not by meats. Instead of being "carried away by strange teachings," let your hearts be made firm and sure by grace. As the whole system of ceremonial observance is alluded to under the one term "meats," so the blessings of the Christian faith are comprised under "grace," a word used throughout this Epistle with peculiar significance. (See especially <a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm" title="Of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite to the Spirit of grace?">Hebrews 10:29</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm" title="Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;">Hebrews 12:15</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm" title="Why we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:">Hebrews 12:28</a>.) One human system of teaching will but lead on to another; grace will keep the heart firm in its loyal love to Jesus Christ, who is ever "the same" (<a href="/hebrews/13-8.htm" title="Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.">Hebrews 13:8</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - Be not carried away (so, according to the best authorities, rather than carried about) by divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, in which they that were occupied (literally, that walked) were not profited. From the exhortation to imitate the faith of the departed leaders, the transition is natural to warnings against being carried away from it by new teachings. The faith, which was their faith, remains unchanged, as Jesus Christ remains unchanged; why, then, these doctrines, new and strange (cf. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-11.htm">1 Corinthians 3:11</a>; <a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-10</a>)? What these doctrines were is not shown, except so far as is intimated by the word βρώμασιν ("meats"), which reminds us at once of similar warnings in St. Paul's Epistles (cf. <a href="/romans/14-2.htm">Romans 14:2, 14, 21</a>; <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8, 16</a>-723; <a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm">1 Timothy 4:3</a>). These passages seem to refer in the first place to purely Jewish distinctions, still held to by Jewish Christians, between dean and unclean or polluted meats; and further to a new kind of asceticism, not found in the Old Testament, but based probably on notions of the impurity of matter, which led to entire abstention from flesh or wine, and also in some (<a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm">1 Timothy 4:3</a>) from marriage; also, as appears from the passage in Colossians, a false philosophy about angels and the spiritual world. We may perceive in these allusions the germs at least of later Gnostic heresies, such as found (as that of the Ebionites) their first congenial soil in Jewish circles; Oriental theosophy, or neo-Platonic philosophy, being supposed to have been engrafted on Jewish modes of thought. Some, misled by what is said in ver. 10, see in the word βρώμασιν an allusion to those sacrifices of the Law which were eaten by the worshippers, against any fancied obligation to partake in which the readers are supposed to be warned. But the word is never so applied in the Old Testament or the New (see above, <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-34.htm">Leviticus 11:34</a>; 1 Macc. 1:16; <a href="/romans/14-15.htm">Romans 14:15, 20</a>, 31; <a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/8-8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:8, 13</a>); nor would such error be likely to be classed among "strange doctrines." The drift of the warning is that the religion of the gospel does not consist in any of these notions or observances, the supposed importance of meats being specially noted, and that to make them its essence is a misconception of its whole meaning, and a departure from the faith: "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost" (<a href="/romans/14-17.htm">Romans 14:17</a>). <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/13-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>{Do} not μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. be carried away [by] παραφέρεσθε (parapheresthe) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3911.htm">Strong's 3911: </a> From para and phero; to bear along or aside, i.e. Carry off; by implication, to avert. all kinds ποικίλαις (poikilais) Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4164.htm">Strong's 4164: </a> Various, of different colors, diverse, various. Of uncertain derivation; motley, i.e. Various in character. [of] strange ξέναις (xenais) Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> Apparently a primary word; foreign; by implication, a guest or entertainer. teachings, Διδαχαῖς (Didachais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1322.htm">Strong's 1322: </a> Teaching, doctrine, what is taught. From didasko; instruction. for γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. [it is] good καλὸν (kalon) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2570.htm">Strong's 2570: </a> Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous. for the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. heart καρδίαν (kardian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. to be strengthened βεβαιοῦσθαι (bebaiousthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_950.htm">Strong's 950: </a> To confirm, ratify, secure, establish; pass: I guarantee. From bebaios; to stabilitate. by grace χάριτι (chariti) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5485.htm">Strong's 5485: </a> From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act. [and] not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. by [ceremonial] foods, βρώμασιν (brōmasin) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1033.htm">Strong's 1033: </a> Food of any kind. From the base of bibrosko; food, especially articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law. which οἷς (hois) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. are of no value ὠφελήθησαν (ōphelēthēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5623.htm">Strong's 5623: </a> To help, benefit, do good, be useful (to), profit. From the same as opheleia; to be useful, i.e. To benefit. to those οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. devoted περιπατοῦντες (peripatountes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4043.htm">Strong's 4043: </a> From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow. to [them]. ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. 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