Hebrews 13

¹Continue in brotherly love.

²{Do} not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some [people] have entertained angels without knowing it.

³Remember those in prison as if you were bound with [them], [and] those who are mistreated as if you were [suffering with them].

⁴Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

⁵Keep your lives free from the love of money [and] be content with what you have, for [God] has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

⁶So we say with confidence: “[The] Lord [is] my helper; I will not be afraid. What {can} man do to me?”

⁷Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of [their] way of life [and] imitate [their] faith.

⁸Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today and forever.

⁹{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].

¹⁰We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

¹¹[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.

¹²And so Jesus {also} suffered outside the [city] gate, to sanctify the people by [His] own blood.

¹³Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He [bore].

¹⁴For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the [city] that is to come.

¹⁵Through [Jesus], therefore, let us continually offer to God [a] sacrifice of praise, [the] fruit of lips that confess His name.

¹⁶And {do} not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

¹⁷Obey 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.

¹⁸Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience [and] desire to live honorably in every way.

¹⁹And I especially urge you to [pray] that I may be restored to you soon.

²⁰Now {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,

²¹equip you with every good {thing} to do His will. [And] may He accomplish in us what [is] pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] glory forever [and] ever. Amen.

²²I urge you, brothers, to bear with [my] word of exhortation, for I have {only} written to you briefly.

²³Be aware [that] our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with [him] {to see} you.

²⁴Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

²⁵Grace [be] with all of you.