Hebrews 13:7

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KJV King James Version

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

WEB World English Bible

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

ASV American Standard Version

Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith—considering the issue of the behaviour—be imitating,

Surrounding context — Hebrews 13

4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

5 [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation.

8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

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1 Thessalonians 5:12-13And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;Hebrews 13:17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for you.Philippians 3:17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.Hebrews 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.1 Thessalonians 1:6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:1 Timothy 3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?1 Thessalonians 2:13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.Acts 14:23And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.Acts 4:31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.Romans 10:17So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.1 Corinthians 4:16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.Song of Solomon 1:8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.Hebrews 13:24Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.Revelation 6:9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:Revelation 20:4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.Revelation 1:9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.Luke 8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

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