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Hebrews 13:17 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 13 · verse 17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.Hebrews 13:17 · King James Version
Hebrews 13:17 in context
15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
19But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
- 1 Timothy 5:17
- Hebrews 13:7
- Acts 20:28
- 1 Peter 5:5
- 1 Peter 5:2-3
- 1 Corinthians 16:16
- Jeremiah 13:17
Key words (Strong's)
- unprofitablealysitelēsunprofitable, hurtful, perniciousG255 →
- yourselveshypeikōto resist no longer, but to give way, yield , metaph. to yield to authority and…G5226 →
- accountlogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- watchagrypneōto be sleepless, keep awake, watch, to be circumspect, attentive, readyG69 →
- soulspsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
- griefstenazōa sigh, to groanG4727 →
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The design of Christ in giving himself for us is that he may purchase to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Now the apostle calls the believing Hebrews to the performance of many excellent duties, in which it becomes Christians to excel. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17