Hebrews 13:21

Hebrews 13:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• New International Version (NIV)equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• English Standard Version (ESV)equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• New King James Version (NKJV)make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Context of Hebrews 13:21

19I especially urge you to do this, so that I may be restored to you sooner. 20Now may the God of shalom, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep by the blood of an everlasting covenant, our Lord Yeshua, make you complete in every good thing to do His will, accomplishing in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Messiah Yeshua. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 22But I urge you, brothers and sisters, listen patiently to this word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you in few words. 23Know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon, I will visit you with him.

Hebrews 13:21 word by word

καταρτίσαι ὑμᾶς ἐν παντὶ ἀγαθῷ εἰς τὸ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῶν ἐν ἡμῖν τὸ εὐάρεστον ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Makeκαταρτίζωkatartizō · to completeG2675
• youσύsu · youG4771
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• workἔργονergon · workG2041
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• willὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• that which is wellpleasingεὐάρεστοςeuarestos · well-pleasingG2101
• inἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• to whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• everαἰώνaiōn · an age: eternityG165
• Amenἀμήνamēn · amenG281

Cross-references for Hebrews 13:21

• Hebrews 12:23and to the assembly of the firstborn who are written in a scroll in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous ones made perfect,
• Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock—blameless is His work. Indeed, all His ways are just. God of faithfulness without iniquity, righteous and upright is He.
• Psalms 138:8Adonai will fulfill His purpose for me. Your lovingkindness, Adonai, endures forever. Do not abandon the work of Your hands.
• John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me and loved them as You loved Me.
• Ephesians 3:16I pray that from His glorious riches He would grant you to be strengthened in your inner being with power through His Ruach,
• Colossians 1:9For this reason also, ever since we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking God that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding—
• Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of your own, a slave of Messiah Yeshua, greets you. He is always laboring in prayer on your behalf, so you may stand complete and fully assured about everything that is God’s will.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:13in order to strengthen your hearts as blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Yeshua with all His kedoshim. Amen.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of shalom Himself make you completely holy; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:17comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good deed and word.
• 1 Peter 5:10After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace—who has called you into His eternal glory in Messiah—will Himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
• 2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that by always having enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.
• Ephesians 2:10For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.
• Philippians 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Yeshua the Messiah, to the glory and praise of God.
• 1 Timothy 5:10well known for good deeds, if she raised children, if she showed hospitality, if she washed the feet of the kedoshim, if she helped those in trouble, and if she devoted herself to every good work.
• Hebrews 10:36For you need perseverance so that, after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Commentaries on Hebrews 13:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Make you perfect - ̔· Put you completely in joint. See the note on 2 Corinthians 13:9, where the meaning of the original word is largely considered. From the following terms we see what the apostle meant by the perfection for which he prays. They were to do the will of God in every good work, from God working in them that which is well pleasing in his sight. This necessarily implies a complete change in the whole soul, that God may be well pleased with…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Make you perfect - The apostle here does not affirm that they were then perfect, or that they would be in this life. The word used here - katartizō- means to make fully ready; to put in full order; to make complete. The meaning here is, that Paul prayed that God would fully endow them with whatever grace was necessary to do his will and to keep his commandments; see the word explained in the notes on Hebrews 11:3. It is an appropriate prayer to be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-21Verses 16-21 We must, according to our power, give to the necessities of the souls and bodies of men: God will accept these offerings with pleasure, and will accept and bless the offerers through Christ. The apostle then states what is their duty to living ministers; to obey and submit to them, so far as is agreeable to the mind and will of God, made known in his word. Christians must not think themselves too wise, too good, or too great, to learn. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21Benedictions, or closing blessings, were an important part of letters, speeches, and sermons. The author of Hebrews includes many of the book’s main themes in his benediction. The image of our Lord Jesus as the great Shepherd of the sheep (see Psalm 23) shows God's care and protection for his people (see also John 10:11–18; 1 Peter 2:25) and connects it to an eternal covenant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Make you perfect--properly said of healing a rent; join you together in perfect harmony [Bengel]. to do his will, working in you--(He 10:36); rather as Greek, "doing in you." Whatever good we do, God does in us. well-pleasing in his sight--(Is 53:10; Ep 5:10). through Jesus Christ--"God doing (working) in you that ... through Jesus Christ" (Php 1:11). to whom--to Christ. He closes as he began (He 1:1-14), with giving glory to Christ.Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 13:21

• Atonement
• Benedictions
• Intercession
• Perfection
• Sanctification
• Works

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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