Let brotherly love continue. BROTHERLY LOVE - a distinct manifestation of "charity" (). The church of Jerusalem, to which in part this letter was addressed, was distinguished by this grace (; Acts 4:34; Acts 11:29: cf. ; Hebrews 10:32; Hebrews 12:12). CONTINUE - charity will itself continue. Se... [ Continue Reading ]
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Two manifestations of "brotherly love" - hospitality and care for those in bonds. BE NOT FORGETFUL. They all recognized the duty, but might forget to act on it (Hebrews 12:3; Hebrews 12:7; Hebrews 12:16)... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. REMEMBER - in prayer and acts of kindness. BOUND WITH THEM - by the unity of the members under one Head (1 Corinthians 12:26). SUFFER ADVERSITY, [ kakouchoumenoon (G255... [ Continue Reading ]
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. IS. Translate, 'Let marriage be treated as honourable;' as Hebrews 13:5 is an exhortation. IN ALL - `among all.' "To avoid fornication, let EVERY MAN have his own wife" (1 Corinthians 7:2). Judais... [ Continue Reading ]
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. CONVERSATION, [ ho (G3588) tropos (G5158)] - 'manner of life.' Lust and lucre follow one another as closely akin, both seducing the heart from t... [ Continue Reading ]
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. MAY, [ hooste (G5620) tharrountas (G2292) ... legein (G3004)] - rather, confidence actually realized, 'so that we confidently say' (Psalms 56:4; Psalms 56:11; Psalms 118:6). Both the Hebrew (Psalms 11... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. REMEMBER - so as to imitate: not to invoke, as Rome teaches. HAVE THE RULE - rather [ toon (G3588) heegoumenoon (G2233) humoon (G5216)], 'those w... [ Continue Reading ]
_JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TO DAY, AND FOR EVER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. This verse is not in apposition with "the end of their conversation" (Hebrews 13:7), but forms the... [ Continue Reading ]
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. Christianity and Judaism are so totally distinct that 'they who serve the (Jewish) tabernacle' have no right to eat our spiritual meat-namely, the Jewish priests, and those who follow their guidance in serving ceremon... [ Continue Reading ]
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. As "the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by, etc., are burnt without the camp," so "Jesus also, that, etc., suffered without the gate... [ Continue Reading ]
Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. THEREFORE - breathes deliberate fortitude (Bengel). WITHOUT THE CAMP - `outside the legal polity' (Theodoret) of Judaism (cf. ). 'Faith considers Jerusalem as a camp, not a city.' The reason is given (Bengel). He contras... [ Continue Reading ]
For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. HERE - on earth. Those who clung to the earthly sanctuary represent all who cling to this earth. The earthly Jerusalem proved to be no "abiding city," having been destroyed shortly after: with it fell the Jewish civil and religious po... [ Continue Reading ]
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. As the "altar" was mentioned, Hebrews 13:10, so the "sacrifice" here (cf. 1 Peter 2:5 - namely, praise and doing good, Hebrews 13:16). Compare Psalms 119:108; Romans... [ Continue Reading ]
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. BUT - But the sacrifice of praise with the lips () is not enough; there must be also doing good and communicating (i:e., imparting of your means, ) to the needy. WITH SUCH - not mere ritualistic sacrifi... [ Continue Reading ]
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. OBEY THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU (cf. Hebrews 13:7; Hebrews 13:24). This threefold... [ Continue Reading ]
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. PRAY FOR US. Paul usually requests the church's intercessions in closing his letters, as he begins with assuring them of his having them at heart in his prayers (but in this letter not until Hebrews 13:2... [ Continue Reading ]
But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. THE RATHER, [ perissoteroos (G4056)] - 'I the more abundantly beseech you.' TO DO THIS - to pray for me. THAT I MAY BE RESTORED TO YOU (Philemon 1:22). It is here first he mentions himself so unobtrusively as... [ Continue Reading ]
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, Concluding Prayer. GOD OF PEACE. So Paul, Romans 15:33; Romans 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:11; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonian... [ Continue Reading ]
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 - properly healing a rent [ katartisai (G2675)]: join you together in perfect harmony (Bengel). TO DO HIS... [ Continue Reading ]
And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. SUFFER THE WORD. The Hebrews not being the section assigned to Paul (but the Gentiles), he uses gentle entreaty rather than authoritative command. FEW WORDS - compared with what migh... [ Continue Reading ]
Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. OUR BROTHER TIMOTHY. So Paul, 1 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Colossians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:2. IS SET AT LIBERTY - from prison. So Aristarchus was imprisoned with Paul. Timothy probably... [ Continue Reading ]
Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. ALL. The Scriptures are for all young and old; not merely for ministers. Compare the different classes addressed - "wives," ; "little children," ; "all," ; . He says "all;" for the Hebrews were not all in... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul's characteristic salutation in every one of his other thirteen letters, as he says himself, ; ; ; 2 Thessalonians 3:17. it is foiled in no letter written by any other apostle in Paul's lifetime, being known to be his badge. It is used in , subsequently and in Clement of Rome. Greek, 'The grace... [ Continue Reading ]