17 Have confidence in your leaders(A) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(B) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

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17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work.[a] Let them do this[b] with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:17 tn Or “as ones who will give an account”; Grk “as giving an account.”
  2. Hebrews 13:17 tn Grk “that they may do this.”