13Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters. ²Don’t forget to welcome strangers. By doing that, some people have welcomed angels without knowing it.

³Remember those in prison as if you were in prison with them. And remember those who are treated badly as if you yourselves were suffering.

⁴All of you should honor marriage. You should keep the marriage bed pure. God will judge the person who commits adultery. He will judge everyone who commits sexual sins.

⁵Don’t be controlled by love for money. Be happy with what you have. God has said,

“I will never leave you.

I will never desert you.”

⁶So we can say boldly,

“The Lord helps me. I will not be afraid.

What can a mere man do to me?”

⁷Remember your leaders. They spoke God’s word to you. Think about the results of their way of life. Copy their faith.

⁸Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

⁹Don’t be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good that God’s grace makes our hearts strong. Don’t depend on foods the Law requires. They have no value for the people who eat them. ¹⁰Some worship at the holy tent. But we have an altar that they have no right to eat from.

¹¹The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Room. He brings their blood as a sin offering. But the bodies are burned outside the camp. ¹²Jesus also suffered outside the city gate. He suffered to make the people holy by spilling his own blood.

¹³So let us go to him outside the camp. Let us be willing to suffer the shame he suffered. ¹⁴Here we do not have a city that lasts. But we are looking for the city that is going to come.

¹⁵So let us never stop offering to God our praise through Jesus. Let us offer it as the fruit of lips that say they believe in him.

¹⁶Don’t forget to do good. Don’t forget to share with others. God is pleased with those kinds of offerings.

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Hebrews 13:5: Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”