Duty of obedience to present rulers.
Watch for (i.e. in behalf of) your souls] like sleepless shepherds who feel their responsibility to God for the flock. Do it with joy] i.e. watch with joy, feeling their duty to be a delight not a burden, for in the latter case the flock would suffer.
Verse 17. _OBEY THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU_] Obey your _leaders_, τοις ηγουμενοις. He is not fit to _rule_ who is not capable of _guiding_. Hebrews 13:7. In the former verse the apostle exhorts...
OBEY THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU - Margin, guide; see notes on Hebrews 13:7. The reference here is to their religious teachers, and not to civil rulers. They were to show them proper respect, and...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The practical walk (Hebrews 13:1)_ 2. The call to separation (Hebrews 13:7) 3. Conclusions (Hebrews 13:17)...
Admonitions concerning Church discipline. The brethren are to cherish the memory of their former leaders, who instructed them in the truth of God and exemplified it in their life and death. Jesus Chri...
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they sleeplessly watch over your souls, conscious that they will have to give account of their trust. This do that they may carry out this task with joy and n...
THE MARKS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Hebrews 13:1-6)...
OBEY. Greek. _peitho._ App-150. SUBMIT. be submissive. Greek. _hupeiko._ Only here. Compare _eiko_ (Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:5). YOURSELVES. Omit. WATCH. Greek. _agrupneo._ See...
_them that have the rule over you_ See Hebrews 13:7. The repetition on the injunction perhaps indicates a tendency to self-assertion and spurious independence among them. "Bishops" in the modern sense...
CH. 13. Concluding Exhortations to Love (1); Hospitality (2); Kindness to Prisoners and the Suffering (3); Purity of Life (4); Contentment (5); Trustfulness (6); Submission to Pastoral Authority (7, 8...
THE DUTY OF OBEDIENCE TO SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY 17. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἩΓΟΥΜΈΝΟΙΣ. See Hebrews 13:7. The repetition of the injunction perhaps indicates a tendency to self-assertion and spurious independence among the...
_RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT -- HEBREWS 13:12-17:_ A list of important Bible truths would have at its top the fact that Jesus died for our sins. (Hebrews 13:12) The Hebrew writer had earlier said, that Je...
ΠΕΊΘΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ (G3982) повиноваться, ΉΓΟΥΜΈΝΟΙΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΉΓΈΟΜΑΙ (G2233) вести. Subst. part., "вожди" ΎΠΕΊΚΕΤΕPRAES. _imper. act. от_ ΎΠΕΊΚΩ (G522...
DISCOURSE: 2350 THE DUTY OF PEOPLE, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MINISTERS Hebrews 13:17. _Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must...
OBEY THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU,— _Obey your spiritual guides, and submit to them; that as they are vigilant over your souls, for which they are accountable, they may discharge their office with...
C_. Obedience to elders. Hebrews 13:17_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 13:17 Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give acc
CHRISTIAN RULERS (Hebrews 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 wi...
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...
13 This is the climax of the epistle. The choice is between faith and apostasy. The reference is to the ritual of the golden calf (Ex.33). It would have been apostasy to go outside the camp had there...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 13 THE WAY OF LOVE AND DOING WHAT GOD WANTS 13:1-25 CHRISTIAN LOVE 13:1-6 V1 Go on loving each other as brothers. V2 Do not forget to re...
The present section of the chapter begins (Hebrews 13:7) and ends (Hebrews 13:17) with a reference to the rulers of the Church: Remember your former leaders, and imitate their faith; obey them that le...
CHAPTER XVI. SUNDRY EXHORTATIONS. Hebrews 13:1 Let love of the brethren continue. Forget not to shew love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in...
End. The conclusion of the Epistle. Hebrews 13:17. “Obey your rulers and submit; for they watch for your souls, knowing they are to give account, that they may do this with joy not with lamentation f...
PRAISE, PRAYER, AND PEACE Hebrews 13:14 Notice that though the ancient sacrifices have been abolished, there is one which can never grow old-the _sacrifice of praise_. This incense must ever ascend...
The last chapter contains a series of general exhortations. It is evident that the letter was sent to those whose faith was being challenged and weakened, and whose love, therefore, was cooling. These...
OFFERINGS FOR JESUS No city on this earth will last forever, but there will be a city without end. This city would seemingly be the one spoken of in Hebrews 11:10; Hebrews 11:16, which is a heavenly c...
(10) 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] unprof...
Obey your prelates, &c. Join the sacrifice of obedience to your bishops and pastors, whom God has placed over you, who must render an account even of your souls, i.e. whether they have discharged thei...
(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 unprofit...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
_SACRIFICE: THE OLD AND THE NEW_ ‘With such sacrifices God is well pleased.’ Hebrews 13:16 What do we mean by the word sacrifice? We look back to the dawn of history, sacred or profane alike, and e...
17._Obey them, etc. _I doubt not but that he speaks of pastors and other rulers of the Church, for there were then no Christian magistrates; and what follows, _for they watch for your souls, _properly...
In this next Chapter there is more than one truth important to notice. The exhortations are as simple as they are weighty, and require but few remarks. They rest in the sphere in which the whole of th...
OBEY THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU,.... Not the ecclesiastical rulers among the Jews, for to these they were no longer obliged, they being no longer under such tutors and governors; nor civil magis...
The ensuing context, from hence unto the 17th verse, seems _abstruse,_ and the reasonings of the apostle in it not easy to be apprehended. But expositors do generally overlook it, and attend only unto...
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_ unprofitabl...
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...
_Obey them that have the rule over you_ The expression, τοις ηγουμενοις, implies also, _that lead_ or _guide you_, namely, in truth and holiness; _and submit yourselves_ To them with a becoming respec...
THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE; who guide you, by making known to you the will of God. SUBMIT YOURSELVES; to be governed by his will, which they declare. WATCH FOR YOUR SOULS; their object is to promote yo...
Bearing Christ's reproach and working for His glory:...
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 FO...
The first six verses of this chapter have a striking moral relationship to what has gone before. We have seen that though God's dispensational ways have undergone a mighty change in the advent of His...
HAVE THE RULE: Or, guide...
16-21 We must, according to our power, give to the necessities of the souls and bodies of men: God will accept these offerings with pleasure, and will accept and bless the offerers through Christ. Th...
OBEY THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU, AND SUBMIT YOURSELVES: the further duty required by Christ from the subjects of his kingdom, is their due demeanour to their present pastors, and church guides,...
1 Clement Let us reverence the Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was given for us; let us esteem those who have the rule over us;[90] Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians Be ye subject to the bishop a...
Hebrews 13:17 Obey G3982 (G5732) rule G2233 (G5740) you G5216 and G2532 submissive G5226 (G5720) for...
FINAL EXHORTATION AND A PRAYER FOR HIS READERS (HEBREWS 13:17). So having finally made the great divide between Jerusalem and all that it had come to stand for, and Christianity with its whole concern...
‘Obey those who have the rule over you, and submit to them, for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they who will give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief, for this would be...
Hebrews 13:17, etc. Having referred to deceased leaden and to their stedfastness, the writer is naturally led to speak of the danger of apostatizing to Judaism; he therefore exhorts them _to_ come com...
OBEY (πειθεσθε). Present middle imperative of πειθω with dative case.SUBMIT (υπεικετε). Present active imperative of υπεικω, old compound to yield under, to give up. Here only in N.T.THEY WATCH...
Hebrews 13:17 I. The Author of peace. From all eternity God purposed in Himself the counsel of peace; and when, by reason of sin, discord and misery came into the world, the Lord always comforted His...
This is a practical chapter at the close of this most instructive Epistle. Hebrews 13:1. _Let brotherly love continue._ The word «continue» implies that the «brotherly love» exists, there are many t...
Hebrews 13:1. _Let brotherly love continue._ It is supposed to be there already; let it continue, not only love of a common kind, such as we are to have to all men, but that special «brotherly love»...
CONTENTS: Exhortations to the Christian. Separation and worship. Apostolic benediction. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Timothy. CONCLUSION: Our Lord Jesus purchased us with His blood that He might set us a...
Hebrews 13:1. _Let brotherly love continue._ The love as when you first believed, and when many of you sold your possessions to raise a fund for the widows, who were cut off from the alms of the synag...
OBEY YOUR LEADERS. Church leaders (see note on Ephesians 4:11). In each congregation, the Church leader/elders were spiritual guards over the souls of the members. They must account to God for their w...
_Obey them that have the rule_ RULERSHIP IN THE CHURCH I. THAT THE DUE OBEDIENCE OF THE CHURCH, IN ALL ITS MEMBERS, UNTO THE RULERS OF IT, IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR OFFICE AND DUTY, IS THE BEST MEAN...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 13:17 OBEY, SUBMIT. Here submission to leaders is directly commanded (compare v. Hebrews 13:7). This strong stat
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 13:1 Concluding Encouragements and Remarks. The author concludes with some specific points of application for the community (vv. Hebrews 13:1), w
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 13:10.—This and the following verses form a little episode of argument in the midst of moral exhortations. Reference is made to the feasts which followed sacrif...
CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS EXPOSITION As in St. Paul's Epistles, practical directions as to conduct conclude the treatise, such as the readers may be supposed to have especially needed. They are urged t...
Chapter 13, closing out the book. Let brotherly love continue. Don't forget to entertain strangers: for some have entertained angels without knowing it (Hebrews 13:1-2). Interesting. I believe it. I...
1 Corinthians 16:16; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter 5:2;...
They watch (ajgrupnousin). See on Mark 13:33, and comp. Luke 21:36; Ephesians 6:18. With grief [σ τ ε ν α ζ ο ν τ ε ς]. Lit. groaning. See Romans 8:23;...
Obey them that have the rule over you — The word implies also, that lead or guide you; namely, in truth and holiness. And submit yourselves — Give up (not your conscience or judgment, but) your own wi...
Two things are here observable: 1. The minister's duty towards his people. 2. The people's duty towards their ministers. In the former note, 1. The duty required, TO RULE, TO WATCH. God makes the b...