Hebrews 13:5-20 (NIV) (2024)

⁵Keep your lives free from the love of money^(A) and be content with what you have,^(B) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”^[a](C)

⁶So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?”^[b](D)

⁷Remember your leaders,^(E) who spoke the word of God^(F) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate^(G) their faith. ⁸Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.^(H)

⁹Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.^(I) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened^(J) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,^(K) which is of no benefit to those who do so.^{(L) 10}We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle^(M) have no right to eat.^(N)

¹¹The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,^(O) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.^{(P) 12}And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate^(Q) to make the people holy^(R) through his own blood.^{(S) 13}Let us, then, go to him^(T) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.^{(U) 14}For here we do not have an enduring city,^(V) but we are looking for the city that is to come.^(W)

¹⁵Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice^(X) of praise—the fruit of lips^(Y) that openly profess his name. ¹⁶And do not forget to do good and to share with others,^(Z) for with such sacrifices^(AA) God is pleased.

¹⁷Have confidence in your leaders^(AB) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you^(AC) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

¹⁸Pray for us.^(AD) We are sure that we have a clear conscience^(AE) and desire to live honorably in every way. ¹⁹I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.^(AF)

Benediction and Final Greetings

²⁰Now may the God of peace,^(AG) who through the blood of the eternal covenant^(AH) brought back from the dead^(AI) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,^(AJ)

Footnotes

1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7

Cross references

1. Hebrews 13:5 : S 1Ti 3:3
2. Hebrews 13:5 : Php 4:11; 1Ti 6:6, 8
3. Hebrews 13:5 : Dt 31:6, 8; Jos 1:5
4. Hebrews 13:6 : Ps 118:6, 7
5. Hebrews 13:7 : ver 17, 24; 1Co 16:16
6. Hebrews 13:7 : S Heb 4:12
7. Hebrews 13:7 : Heb 6:12
8. Hebrews 13:8 : Ps 102:27; Heb 1:12
9. Hebrews 13:9 : Eph 4:14
10. Hebrews 13:9 : Col 2:7
11. Hebrews 13:9 : Col 2:16
12. Hebrews 13:9 : Heb 9:10
13. Hebrews 13:10 : Heb 8:5
14. Hebrews 13:10 : 1Co 9:13; 10:18
15. Hebrews 13:11 : Lev 16:15
16. Hebrews 13:11 : Ex 29:14; Lev 4:12, 21; 9:11; 16:27
17. Hebrews 13:12 : Jn 19:17
18. Hebrews 13:12 : S Eph 5:26
19. Hebrews 13:12 : S Ro 3:25
20. Hebrews 13:13 : Lk 9:23
21. Hebrews 13:13 : Heb 11:26
22. Hebrews 13:14 : Heb 12:27
23. Hebrews 13:14 : Php 3:20; Heb 11:10, 27; 12:22
24. Hebrews 13:15 : 1Pe 2:5
25. Hebrews 13:15 : Isa 57:19; Hos 14:2
26. Hebrews 13:16 : Ro 12:13
27. Hebrews 13:16 : Php 4:18
28. Hebrews 13:17 : ver 7, 24
29. Hebrews 13:17 : Isa 62:6; Ac 20:28
30. Hebrews 13:18 : S 1Th 5:25
31. Hebrews 13:18 : S Ac 23:1
32. Hebrews 13:19 : Phm 22
33. Hebrews 13:20 : S Ro 15:33
34. Hebrews 13:20 : Ge 9:16; 17:7, 13, 19; Isa 55:3; 61:8; Eze 37:26; S Mt 26:28
35. Hebrews 13:20 : S Ac 2:24
36. Hebrews 13:20 : S Jn 10:11