Hebrews 13:22

Hebrews 13:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
• New International Version (NIV)Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.

Context of Hebrews 13:22

20I pray that God will help you. He is the one who gives us peace in our minds. He caused our Lord Jesus Christ to become alive again after death. God forgives us because of the blood of Jesus' death on the cross. That is God's new agreement with his people that will be true for ever. Jesus is our great shepherd. He takes care of us like his sheep. 21I pray that God will give you every good thing that you need to serve him. Then you can do everything that he wants. I pray that God will help us to serve him in a way that will make him happy. He will do that because we belong to Jesus Christ. Jesus is very great, and we should praise him always and for ever! Amen. This is true. My Christian friends, please listen patiently to my message. This is only a short letter and I want to help you to be strong. 23I want to tell you about Timothy, who is like a brother to us. They have let him go out of prison, so that he is free now. If he arrives here soon, he will come with me when I travel to see you. 24Say ‘hello’ on my behalf to your leaders and to all God's people. The Christians who have come here from Italy say ‘hello’ to you too.

Hebrews 13:22 word by word

Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ἀνέχεσθε τοῦ λόγου τῆς παρακλήσεως· καὶ γὰρ διὰ βραχέων ἐπέστειλα ὑμῖν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• I beseechπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• youσύsu · youG4771
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• sufferἀνέχωanechomai · to endureG430
• the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• of exhortationπαράκλησιςparaklēsis · encouragementG3874
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• I have written a letterἐπιστέλλωepistellō · to write toG1989
• inδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• few wordsβραχύςbrachus · littleG1024

Cross-references for Hebrews 13:22

• Hebrews 13:1Continue to love each other like brothers and sisters.
• Hebrews 2:1So we must be very careful. We must continue to remember the message that we have heard about God's Son. Then we will not go in the wrong direction, and turn away from God.
• Hebrews 3:1So, Christian friends, think carefully about who Jesus is. Like us, God has chosen you to belong to him. We tell people that we believe in Jesus as the messenger that God has sent. He helps us as God's most important priest.
• Hebrews 4:1God promised his people that they could go to his special place of rest. That promise is still true for us today. So we must be very careful. Do not fail to arrive in that place. We certainly do not want that to happen.
• Hebrews 6:11But we very much want each of you to continue to trust God to the end. Show that you really want to serve him. Be sure that, in the end, you will receive all the good things that you hope for.
• Hebrews 10:19So then, Christian friends, we see that Jesus died as a sacrifice on our behalf. Because of that, we may go into God's Most Holy Place. We are not afraid to do that.
• Hebrews 12:1So we have learned about many people who trusted God long ago. They are like a very big crowd all round us and we should copy their example. We must be like people who run in a race. We must throw away everything that stops us from running well. The sins that we do make us fall down very easily. We must not let those sins rule us. God has prepared the way that is in front of us. We must continue to be strong while we run along that way. We must choose to run that race well.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20So we speak to people on behalf of Christ. It is like this: When we speak, God himself is speaking to you. On behalf of Christ, we say to you, ‘Please come back to God, as his friends!’
• 2 Corinthians 6:1So, as we work together with God, we tell you to be careful. Remember that God has been very kind and he has forgiven you. Do not waste that!
• 2 Corinthians 10:1I, Paul, need to ask you something. Perhaps you think that I am only humble when I am present there with you. You think that I only speak strongly to you when I am far away! Now I am away from you. But I am still humble and kind, like Christ is.
• Philemon 1:8I want to ask you to do something. I am sure that Christ has given me authority. So I could tell you strongly what you should do.
• Galatians 6:11Now I am writing these last words to you myself. You can see how large the letters are, when I write them with my own hand!
• 1 Peter 5:12Silas has helped me to write this short letter to you. I know that he continues to trust Christ well. I have written to you because I want you to be strong. I have told you how God is kind to us and he helps us. This is God's true message to you. So continue to believe it and be strong.

Commentaries on Hebrews 13:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Suffer the word of exhortation - Bear the word or doctrine of this exhortation. This seems to be an epithet of this whole epistle: and as the apostle had in it shown the insufficiency of the Levitical system to atone for sin and save the soul; and had proved that it was the design of God that it should be abolished; and had proved also that it was now abolished by the coming of Christ, whom he had shown to be a greater priest than Aaron, higher than all…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Suffer the word of exhortation - Referring to the arguments and counsels in this whole Epistle, which is in fact a practical exhortation to perseverance in adhering to the Christian religion amidst all the temptations which existed to apostasy. For I have written a letter unto you in few words - This does not mean that this Epistle is short compared with the others that the author had written, for most of the Epistles of Paul are shorter than this. But it…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-25Verses 22-25 So bad are men, and even believers, through the remainders of their corruption, that when the most important, comfortable doctrine is delivered to them for their own good, and that with the most convincing evidence, there is need of earnest entreaty and exhortation that they would bear it, and not fall out with it, neglect it, or reject it. It is good to have the law of holy love and kindness written in the hearts of Christians, one towards…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22This short encouragement likely shows that Hebrews was a sermon (compare with the same term in Acts 13:14–15, translated as "encouragement").Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. suffer the word--The Hebrews not being the section of the Church assigned to Paul (but the Gentiles), he uses gentle entreaty, rather than authoritative command. few words--compared with what might be said on so important a subject. Few, in an Epistle which is more of a treatise than an Epistle (compare 1Pe 5:12). On the seeming inconsistency with Ga 6:11, compare Note, see on Ga 6:11.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hebrews 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings