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7 Remember those who1 rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.  
8 Jesus Christ is athe same yesterday, today, and forever.  
9 Do not be carried1 about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.  
10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.
12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might1 sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.  
13 Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing aHis reproach.  
14 For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
15 aTherefore by Him let us continually offer bthe sacrifice of praise to God, that is, cthe fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.  
16 aBut do not forget to do good and to share, for bwith such sacrifices God is well pleased.  
17 aObey those who1 rule over you, and be submissive, for bthey watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.  

Prayer Requested

18 aPray for us; for we are confident that we have ba good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Hebrews 13:9

Be not carried about - · Be not whirled about. But ABCD, and almost every other MS. of importance, with the Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Vulgate, and several of the Greek fathers, have , be not carried away, which is undoubtedly the true reading, and signifies here, do not apostatize; permit not yourselves to be carried off from Christ and his doctrine.

Divers and strange doctrines - , · Variegated doctrines; those that blended the law and the Gospel, and brought in the Levitical sacrifices and institutions in order to perfect the Christian system. Remember the old covenant is abolished; the new alone is in force.

Strange doctrines, , foreign doctrines; such as have no apostolical authority to recommend them.

That the heart be established with grace - It is well to have the heart, the mind, and conscience, fully satisfied with the truth and efficacy of the Gospel; for so the word should be understood here, which is put in opposition to , meats, signifying here the Levitical institutions, and especially its sacrifices, these being emphatically termed meats, because the offerers were permitted to feast upon them after the blood had been poured out before the Lord. See Leviticus 7:15; Deuteronomy 12:6, Deuteronomy 12:7.

Which have not profited them - Because they neither took away guilt, cleansed the heart, nor gave power over sin.


 
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