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Hebrews 13:18 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 13 · verse 18
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.Hebrews 13:18 · King James Version
Hebrews 13:18 in context
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.
20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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Key words (Strong's)
- consciencesyneidēsisthe consciousness of anything, the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good…G4893 →
- willingthelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
- trustpeithōpersuade, to persuadeG3982 →
- Prayproseuchomaito offer prayers, to prayG4336 →
- goodkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →
- liveanastrephōto turn upside down, overturn, to turn back, to turn hither and thither, to turn one s…G390 →
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Here, I. The apostle recommends himself, and his fellow-sufferers, to the prayers of the Hebrew believers (Heb 13:18): "Pray for us; for me and Timothy" (mentioned Heb 13:23), "and for all those of us who labour in the ministry of the gospel." 1. This is one part of the duty which people owe to their ministers.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-25