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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.  
19 But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell

20 Now may athe God of peace bwho brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, cthat great Shepherd of the sheep, dthrough the blood of the everlasting covenant,  
21 make you1 complete in every good work to do His will, aworking in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us—Paul usually requests the Church's intercessions for him in closing his Epistles, just as he begins with assuring them of his having them at heart in his prayers (but in this Epistle not till Hebrews 13:20-21), Romans 15:30. "Us," includes both himself and his companions; he passes to himself alone, Hebrews 13:19.

we trust we have a good conscience—in spite of your former jealousies, and the charges of my Jewish enemies at Jerusalem, which have been the occasion of my imprisonment at Rome. In refutation of the Jews' aspersions, he asserts in the same language as here his own conscientiousness before God and man, Acts 23:1-3; Acts 24:16, Acts 24:20-21 (wherein he virtually implies that his reply to Ananias was not sinful impatience; for, indeed, it was a prophecy which he was inspired at the moment to utter, and which was fulfilled soon after).

we trust—Greek, "we are persuaded," in the oldest manuscripts. Good conscience produces confidence, where the Holy Spirit rules the conscience (Romans 9:1).

honestly—"in a good way." The same Greek word as "good conscience." Literally, "rightly," "becomingly."




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