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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Hebrews 13:1.
Hebrews 13:1
Excerpted from: Biblical LovesNow this is his chapter of exhortations to the church and the first thing that he mentions is that he encourages us to persist in exercising this kind of love, phileo love. Let brotherly love continue, that is philadelphia in the Greek. Philadelphia is used not as the name of the city where the Phillies and the Eagles play. We are not talking about that. We are talking about the actual Greek term philadelphia. It is used seven times in two different forms in the New Testament, and what it refers to is a tight-knit brotherhood established by fellowship in a covenant. This is very interesting that it is defined down this way and that is how it is used. A tight-knit brotherhood established by fellowship within a covenant.
This is why the author here says keep on having brotherly love, because we have been put into fellowship with one another by covenant. And the thing that we have to work on is the tight-knit part. I mean, we have philadelphia just by joining. But we have to really want to be tight-knit with the rest of the brothers and sisters of our family—the Family of God. See, we are put, when we choose to accept Christ's sacrifice, we are elected into this position, we accept covenant, we become a brother or sister in Christ. So we have made that choice. We are part of the brotherhood. And I will be equal, part of the sisterhood, part of the Family. But we have to want to be tight-knit. We have to want to have warmth for one another.
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