What does Hebrews 13:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, workingc in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."
HEBREWS 13:21 panti. avgaqw|/ {A} After panti, the Textus Receptus, in company with C Dc K M P almost all minuscules and syrp, h copsa eth _al_, adds e;rgw|, an obvious homiletic gloss. If the word...
Verse 21. _MAKE YOU PERFECT_] καταρτισια υμας. Put you completely _in joint_. 2 Corinthians 13:9, where the meaning of the original word is largely considered. From the following terms we see what the...
MAKE YOU PERFECT - The apostle here does not affirm that they were then perfect, or that they would be in this life. The word used here - καταρτιζω katartizō - means to make fully ready; to put in fu...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The practical walk (Hebrews 13:1)_ 2. The call to separation (Hebrews 13:7) 3. Conclusions (Hebrews 13:17) Hebrews 13:1 No comment is needed on the simple exhortations with which t...
HEBREWS 13:20 F. A doxology which was probably intended to close the epistle. In this doxology we have the one reference in this epistle to Christ's resurrection; and it is closely connected with that...
THE MARKS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Hebrews 13:1-6)...
MAKE... PERFECT. Greek. _katartizo._ Same word 1 Peter 5:10. App-125. WORK. Some texts read "thing". WILL. Greek. _thelema._ App-102. WORKING. doing. Same Greek. verb in verses: Hebrews 6:17; Hebre...
_make you perfect_ Not the verb so often used to express "perfecting" but another verb "may He fit" or "stablish" or "equip you." _to do his will, working in you …_ In the Greek there is a play on th...
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...
_RESPOND TO THE EXHORTATIONS -- HEBREWS 13:18-25:_ The writer asked and exhorted the brethren to pray for him that he could have a good conscience. (Hebrews 13:18) A good conscience is a conscience en...
ΚΑΤΑΡΤΊΣΑΙ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΡΤΊΖΩ (G2675) оборудовать. Имеется в виду гармоничное сочетание разных сил и умений, снабжение недостающим и исправление неправильного (Westcott). Opt. часто испол...
DISCOURSE: 2351 CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IMPROVED IN PRAYER Hebrews 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 t...
MAKE YOU PERFECT— May the God of peace _suit you to;_ (καταρτισαι,) _make you ready to do every good work._ Hence it comes to signify to _join perfectly,_ to _finish,_ to _complete,_ to bring to perfe...
E. Prayer for them. Hebrews 13:20-21. _TEXT_ Hebrews 13:20-21 Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal coven...
THE APOSTLE’S PRAYER (Hebrews 13:20, Hebrews 13:21) "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 cove...
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. MAKE YOU PERFECT - prope...
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...
13:21 doing (d-9) Aorist, 'to the having done it.' doing (e-13) Or 'producing.' the present tense, 'God working in them continually.'...
ADVICE, MEMORIES, PRAYERS, GREETINGS The Epistle concludes with various exhortations in regard to the social life (Hebrews 13:1), private life (Hebrews 13:4), the religious life (Hebrews 13:7), in whi...
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...
MAKE YOU PERFECT. — To “make perfect” is the translation of two different words in this Epistle. In the one, which is of frequent occurrence (Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 12:23, _et al._)_,_ “p...
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 i...
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...
PERSONAL MATTERS AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS The writer asked the brethren to pray in his behalf, as well as in behalf of the apostles and other proclaimers of the gospel. He preached the one true gospel...
Make you (h) perfect in every good work to do his will, (i) working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen. (h) Make you fit...
_Who brought, or raised from the dead, the great pastor of the sheep, of all the faithful, Jesus Christ, in the blood of the everlasting testament: in the testament that is to last for ever, not for a...
(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, (21) Make you perfect in every good work to...
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...
_THE RIGHT AIM IN LIFE_ ‘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, make you perfect in every...
21._To do his will, etc. _He now gives a definition of good works by laying down God’s _will _as the rule; for he thus intimates, that no works are to be deemed good, but such as are agreeable to the...
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...
MAKE YOU PERFECT IN EVERY GOOD WORK TO DO HIS WILL,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "in every good work and word"; as in 2 Thessalonians 2:17 every good work is to be done: a good work is what is done...
Of the close of the epistle, which now only remains, there are three parts: 1. The apostle's request of the prayers of the Hebrews for himself, Hebrews 13:18-19; 2. His solemn benedictive prayer f...
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom _be_ glory for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 21. _In every good w...
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 ultimat...
_Now_, &c. Having desired them to pray for him, he now addresses a prayer to God for them, and therewith gives a solemn close to the whole epistle. And a glorious prayer it is, including the whole mys...
Every thing thought, felt, or done by men which is holy and acceptable to God, is the fruit of his working in them both to will and to do. It comes to them in consequence of the death of Christ as a p...
An admonition to prayer and good works:...
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...
WORKING: Or, doing...
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...
MAKE YOU PERFECT IN EVERY GOOD WORK TO DO HIS WILL: may this God dispose, incline, and fit you for, may he finish and perfect in you, grace to perform all the forementioned duties, and every other goo...
Hebrews 13:21 make G2675 you G5209 complete G2675 (G5659) in G1722 every G3956 good G18 work G2041 to G1519 do G4160 (G5658) His G846 will G2307 working G4160 (G5723) in G1722 you G5213 pleasing G2101...
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 concer...
Hebrews 13:20-21. To this desire for their prayers is added his own benediction, as in Paul's Epistles generally (1 Thessalonians 5:23, etc.). NOW THE GOD OF PEACE a common title of God in Paul's Epis...
MAKE YOU PERFECT (καταρτισα). First aorist active optative of καταρτιζω, to equip, as in Hebrews 10:5. A wish for the future. See 1 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 13:11; 2 Timothy 3:17.WORKING IN...
PERFECT (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:48). _...
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...
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...
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...
MAY THE GOD OF PEACE. He is the source of everything we need to do his will! See Philippians 2:12-13. This doxology of praise is addressed to the God of peace, through our Lord Jesus. It is through Je...
_The God of peace_ THE GOD OF PEACE AND OUR SANCTIFICATION I. I call your attention to THE PECULIAR TITLE UNDER WHICH GOD IS ADDRESSED IN THIS PRAYER: “NOW, the God of peace.” The names of God employ...
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), with a word of blessing (vv. Heb...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 13:20. GOD OF PEACE.— Romans 15:33; Romans 16:20; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 3:16. Translate the verse, “Who brought up from the dea...
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 John 2:17; 1 John 3:22; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 4:2; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Peter 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:23;...
Make you perfect [κ α τ α ρ τ ι σ α ι υ μ α ς]. The verb is aptly chosen, since the readers are addressed as a body - the flock of Christ. The prayer is for the complete mutual adjustment of all the m...