Hebrews 13:22
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I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
Commentaries
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suffer the word--The Hebrews not being the section of the Church assigned to Paul (but the Gentiles), he uses gentle entreaty, rather than authoritative command. few words--compared with what might be said on so important a subject. Few, in an Epistle which is more of a treatise than an Epistle (compare Pe1 5:12). On the seeming inconsistency with Gal 6:11, compare Note, see on Gal 6:11.
Open source ↗The apostle, having treated largely of Christ, and faith, and free grace, and gospel privileges, and warned the Hebrews against apostasy, now, in the close of all, recommends several excellent duties to them, as the proper fruits of faith (v. 1-17); he then bespeaks their prayers for him, and offers up his prayers to God for them, gives them some hope of seeing himself and Timothy, and ends with the general salutation and benediction (Heb 13:18 to the end).
Open source ↗13:22 this brief exhortation: This probably indicates that Hebrews was a sermon (cp. the same term in Acts 13:14-15, translated “encouragement”).
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Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.