Montgomery - Hebrews - 13

13:1  Let brotherly love continue.

13:2  Do not neglect to show hospitality; for by it some have even entertained angels unawares.

13:3  Remember those who are in prison, as if you were fellow prisoners; remember too, those who are being ill-treated, since you too, are in the body.

13:4  Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.

13:5  Let your life be untainted by love of money; be content with such things as you have; for God himself has said, I will never leave thee; I will never forsake thee.

13:6  So that we can say with confidence, The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

13:7  Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the message of God to you; consider the issue of their lives, and imitate their faith.

13:8  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

13:9  Do not allow yourselves to be swept away by various and strange teachings. For it is a beautiful thing to be established in heart by grace, and not by regulations regarding food, from which those that occupied themselves with them have derived no benefit.

13:10  We Christians have an altar from which those have no right to eat who minister in the Tabernacle.

13:11  For the bodies of the animals whose blood is carried by the High Priest into the Holy Place are burned outside the camp,

13:12  and so Jesus suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.

13:13  Let us then go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.

13:14  For we have not here an abiding city, but we are earnestly seeking the city that is to be.

13:15  In his name, then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is the fruit of lips that confess his name.

13:16  And forget not to be kind and liberal; for with that sort of sacrifice God is well pleased.

13:17  Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who must give account; that they may do thus with joy and not with lamentation, for this would be unprofitable to you.

13:18  Keep on praying for me. I am persuaded that I have a clear conscience, and I desire in every way to live nobly.

13:19  I the more earnestly ask for your prayers, that I may be the more speedily restored to you.

13:20  Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of an eternal covenant,

13:21  equip you in every good deed for the doing of his will, doing in you what is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory unto the ages of the ages! Amen!

13:22  But I entreat you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.

13:23  You know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, I will see him with you.

13:24  Salute all your leaders and the saints. The brothers from Italy send you greeting.

13:25  Grace be with you all, Amen.