(A)Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. (B)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge (C)the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life (D)free from love of money, and (E)be content with what you have, for he has said, (F)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say,

(G)“The Lord is my helper;
    (H)I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

Remember (I)your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and (J)imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is (K)the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be (L)led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, (M)not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. 10 We have an altar (N)from which those who serve the tent[a] have no right to eat. 11 For (O)the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned (P)outside the camp.

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  1. Hebrews 13:10 Or tabernacle

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.

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) Keep your lives free from the love of money(D) and be content with what you have,(E) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](F)

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](G)

Remember your leaders,(H) who spoke the word of God(I) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(J) their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(K)

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(L) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(M) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(N) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(O) 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(P) have no right to eat.(Q)

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(R) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(S)

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  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
  2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7