Hebrews 13:9

Hebrews 13:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them.

Context of Hebrews 13:9

7Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. 10We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Hebrews 13:9 word by word

διδαχαῖς ποικίλαις καὶ ξέναις μὴ παραφέρεσθε· καλὸν γὰρ χάριτι βεβαιοῦσθαι τὴν καρδίαν οὐ βρώμασιν ἐν οἷς οὐκ ὠφελήθησαν οἱ περιπατοῦντες.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beπεριφέρωperipherō · to carry (around)G4064
• notμήmē · notG3361
• with diversποικίλοςpoikilos · variousG4164
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• strangeξένοςxenos · foreignG3581
• doctrinesδιδαχήdidachē · teachingG1322
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• a good thingκαλόςkalos · goodG2570
• thatβεβαιόωbebaioō · to confirmG950
• the heartὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• with graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• notοὐou · noG3756
• with meatsβρῶμαbrōma · foodG1033
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• haveὠφελέωōpheleō · to helpG5623
• them that have been occupiedπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• thereinἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Cross-references for Hebrews 13:9

• Matthew 24:4Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
• Acts 20:30Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.
• Romans 16:17I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
• Galatians 1:6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
• Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
• Colossians 2:4I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:2not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
• 1 Timothy 4:1The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
• 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
• 1 John 4:1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Jude 1:3Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.
• Acts 20:32“Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
• 2 Corinthians 1:21Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,
• Galatians 6:1Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.

Commentaries on Hebrews 13:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Be not carried about - · Be not whirled about. But ABCD, and almost every other MS. of importance, with the Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Vulgate, and several of the Greek fathers, have , be not carried away, which is undoubtedly the true reading, and signifies here, do not apostatize; permit not yourselves to be carried off from Christ and his doctrine. Divers and strange doctrines - , · Variegated doctrines; those that blended the law and the Gospel, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines - That is, they should have settled and fixed points of belief, and not yield to every new opinion which was started. The apostle does not exhort them to adhere to an opinion merely because they had before held it, or because it was an old opinion, nor does he forbid their following the leadings of truth though they might be required to abandon what they had before held; but he cautions them against…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The instructions and examples of ministers, who honourably and comfortably closed their testimony, should be particularly remembered by survivors. And though their ministers were some dead, others dying, yet the great Head and High Priest of the church, the Bishop of their souls, ever lives, and is ever the same. Christ is the same in the Old Testament day. as in the gospel day, and will be so to his people for ever, equally merciful…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Since Jesus does not change (Hebrews 13:8), believers should avoid being drawn to strange, new ideas. The false teachings mentioned involved rules about food. In some parts of Judaism, certain ritual meals were thought to provide God's grace to participants. Some in the community might have been tempted to leave the Christian community to join Jewish fellowship meals. These Jewish meals sometimes encouraged participants to focus on the Jerusalem altar…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. about--rather, as oldest manuscripts read, "carried aside"; namely, compare Ep 4:14. divers--differing from the one faith in the one and the same Jesus Christ, as taught by them who had the rule over you (He 13:7). strange--foreign to the truth. doctrines--"teachings." established with grace; not with meats--not with observances of Jewish distinctions between clean and unclean meats, to which ascetic Judaizers added in Christian times the rejection of…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 13:9

• Character
• Commandments
• Decision
• Doctrines
• Holiness
• Instability
• Minister, Christian
• Perseverance
• Stability
• Vanity

In the dictionaries

• Altar
• Bed
• Carry
• Continuing
• Entertain
• Forgetful
• Marriage
• Meat
• Restore
• Trust

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