Hebrews 13

Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have hosted angels without knowing it. Remember the prisoners as though imprisoned with them, and those who are mistreated, since you yourselves are also in a body. Let marriage be honored by all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. Let your way of life be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you, and I will never forsake you.” So we can say with confidence,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?” Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 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, which have not benefited those who occupied themselves with them. We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of the animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary for sin are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate to sanctify the people through his own blood. So let us go to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the one to come. Through him, then, let us continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no benefit to you. Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in every way. I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you sooner. Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, through the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen. I urge you, brothers and sisters, to bear with this word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly. Know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon, I will see you with him. Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you. Grace be with all of you.

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