17 Obey your leaders[a] and submit to them, since they keep watch(A) over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

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  1. 13:17 Or rulers

17 (A)Obey your leaders and submit to them—for (B)they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account—so that they may do this with joy, not [a]groaning; for this would be unhelpful for you.

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  1. Hebrews 13:17 Or sighing