HEB. 13:1. LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE. This text is but one in a litany of verses: This love the apostles are often directing Christians to exercise towards fellow members of the visible church; as in Romans 12:10, "Be ye kindly affectioned one to another with _brotherly_ love." The words are mu... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 13:2-8. BE NOT FORGETFUL TO ENTERTAIN STRANGERS: FOR THEREBY SOME HAVE ENTERTAINED ANGELS UNAWARES. REMEMBER THEM THAT ARE IN BONDS, AS BOUND WITH THEM; (AND) THEM WHICH SUFFER ADVERSITY, AS BEING YOURSELVES ALSO IN THE BODY. MARRIAGE (IS) HONOURABLE IN ALL, AND THE BED UNDEFILED: BUT WHOREMON... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 13:9-13. 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. WE HAVE AN ALTAR, WHEREOF THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO EAT WHICH SERVE THE TABERNACLE. FOR T... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 13:14. FOR HERE HAVE WE NO CONTINUING CITY, BUT WE SEEK ONE TO COME. _ Blank Bible: _ 14. _For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come._] The apostle gives this as the reason why he said in the 13.v. Let us go forth to him without the camp, Rather than without the gate for a... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 13:17. OBEY THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU, AND SUBMIT YOURSELVES: FOR THEY WATCH FOR YOUR SOULS, AS THEY THAT MUST GIVE ACCOUNT, THAT THEY MAY DO IT WITH JOY, AND NOT WITH GRIEF: FOR THAT (IS) UNPROFITABLE FOR YOU. Blank Bible Reference _ Blank Bible: _ 17. _Because they watch for your s... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 13:18-19. PRAY FOR US: FOR WE TRUST WE HAVE A GOOD CONSCIENCE, IN ALL THINGS WILLING TO LIVE HONESTLY. BUT I BESEECH (YOU) THE RATHER TO DO THIS, THAT I MAY BE RESTORED TO YOU THE SOONER. Heb. 13:20... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 13:20. NOW THE GOD OF PEACE, THAT BROUGHT AGAIN FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT. Two citations of this text occur in "Efficacious Grace": § 58. That expression, Romans 1:7, and 1 Corinthians 1:2, and elsewhere, call... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 13:21. MAKE YOU PERFECT IN EVERY GOOD WORK TO DO HIS WILL, WORKING IN YOU THAT WHICH IS WELL PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST: TO WHOM (BE) GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN. The ultimate basis of "Justification by Faith Alone" is resting on Jesus Christ: I would observe, that it does... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 13:22-25. AND I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, SUFFER THE WORD OF EXHORTATION: FOR I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER UNTO YOU IN FEW WORDS. KNOW YE THAT (OUR) BROTHER TIMOTHY IS SET AT LIBERTY; WITH WHOM, IF HE COME SHORTLY, I WILL SEE YOU. SALUTE ALL THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU, AND ALL THE SAINTS. THEY OF... [ Continue Reading ]