Hebrews 13:4

Hebrews 13:4

2 ^aDo not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing ^bsome have unwittingly entertained angels.

3 ^aRemember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.

4 ^aMarriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; ^bbut fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ^a“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

6 So we may boldly say:
^a“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”

Concluding Religious Directions

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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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is, etc.—Translate, "Let marriage be treated as honorable": as Hebrews 13:5 also is an exhortation.

in all—"in the case of all men": "among all." "To avoid fornication let EVERY MAN have his own wife" (I Corinthians 7:2). Judaism and Gnosticism combined were soon about to throw discredit on marriage. The venerable Paphnutius, in the Council of Nice, quoted this verse for the justification of the married state. If one does not himself marry, he should not prevent others from doing so. Others, especially Romanists, translate, "in all things," as in Hebrews 13:18. But the warning being against lasciviousness, the contrast to "whoremongers and adulterers" in the parallel clause, requires the "in all" in this clause to refer to persons.

the bed undefiled—Translate, as Greek requires "undefiled" to be a predicate, not an epithet, "And let the bed be undefiled."

God will judge—Most whoremongers escape the notice of human tribunals; but God takes particular cognizance of those whom man does not punish. Gay immoralities will then be regarded in a very different light from what they are now.

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