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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• 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.

Context of Hebrews 13:9

7Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 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. 10We have an altar from which the priests in the Tabernacle have no right to eat. 11Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and the bodies of the animals were 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 told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you,
• Acts 20:30Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following.
• Romans 16:17And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:11Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows that I do.
• Galatians 1:6I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News
• Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.
• Ephesians 5:6Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.
• Colossians 2:4I am telling you this so no one will deceive you with well-crafted arguments.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:2Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.
• 1 Timothy 6:3Some people may contradict our teaching, but these are the wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. These teachings promote a godly life.
• 1 John 4:1Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.
• Jude 1:3Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.
• Acts 20:32“And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.
• 2 Corinthians 1:21It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us,
• Galatians 6:1Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.

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