Hebrews 13:3-5
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Some practical instructions for Christian living
13 1-3 Never let your brotherly love fail, nor refuse to extend your hospitality to strangers—sometimes men have entertained angels unawares. Think constantly of those in prison as if you were prisoners at their side. Think too of all who suffer as if you shared their pain.
4-5 Both honourable marriage and chastity should be respected by all of you. God himself will judge those who traffic in the bodies of others or defile the relationship of marriage. Keep your lives free from the lust for money: be content with what you have. God has said: ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you’.
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Hebrews 13:3-5
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3 Continue to remember those in prison(A) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
4 Marriage should be honored by all,(B) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(C) 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money(D) and be content with what you have,(E) because God has said,
Footnotes
- Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
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