Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(A)

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(B) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(C) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(D) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(E) 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(F) have no right to eat.(G)

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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever! Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings.[a] For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals,[b] which have never benefited those who participated in them. 10 We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:9 tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”
  2. Hebrews 13:9 tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).