Outline
I. Prologue: The Superiority of God's New Revelation (1:1-4)
V. Conclusion (ch. 13)
Hebrews 13 NLT
1 Keep on loving each other as brothers
and sisters.
2Don’t forget to show hospitality to
strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without
realizing it!
3 Remember those in prison, as if you
were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their
pain in your own bodies.
4 Give honor to marriage, and remain
faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are
immoral and those who commit adultery.
5 Don’t love money; be satisfied with
what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”
6 So we can say with confidence, “The
LORD is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to
me?”
7 Remember your leaders who taught you
the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and
follow the example of their faith.
8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today,
and forever.
9 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.
10 We have an altar from which the
priests in the Tabernacle have no right to eat.
11Under the old system, the high priest
brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and
the bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp.
12 So also Jesus suffered and died
outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood.
13 So let us go out to him, outside the
camp, and bear the disgrace he bore.
14 For this world is not our permanent
home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.
15 Therefore, let us offer through Jesus
a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his
name.
16 And don’t forget to do good and to
share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God.
17 Obey your spiritual leaders, and do
what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they are accountable
to God. Give them reason to do this with joy and not with sorrow. That would
certainly not be for your benefit.
18 Pray for us, for our conscience is
clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do.
19 And especially pray that I will be
able to come back to you soon.
20 Now may the God of peace— who brought
up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified
an eternal covenant with his blood—
21 may he equip you with all you need
for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ,
every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever!
Amen.
22 I urge you, dear brothers and
sisters, to pay attention to what I have written in this brief
exhortation.
23 I want you to know that our brother
Timothy has been released from jail. If he comes here soon, I will bring him
with me to see you.
24 Greet all your leaders and all the
believers there. The believers from Italy send you their greetings.
25 May God’s grace be
with you all.
