Hebreus 13:18

18 Orai por nós, porque estamos persuadidos de que temos boa consciência, sendo desejosos de, em tudo, portar-nos corretamente.

Hebreus 13:18 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us
Who are in the ministry; your guides and governors; since the work is of so much moment, and so arduous and awful, and you have such a concern in it; (See Gill on 2 Thessalonians 3:1).

for we trust we have a good conscience;
there is a conscience in every man, but it is naturally evil: a good conscience is a conscience sanctified by the Spirit of God, and sprinkled by the blood of Jesus; here it chiefly respects the upright discharge of it in the ministerial work: this the apostle often asserts, and appeals to, and which he here expresses with modesty, and yet with confidence; and which he uses as an argument for prayer for them:

in all things willing to live honestly;
not only as men, but as ministers; faithfully dispensing the word of truth, without any regard to the favour or frowns of men, as good stewards of the mysteries of God; which contains in it another reason for prayer: the phrase, "in all things", is so placed, that it may be read in connection with either clause; and the sense is either that they exercised a good conscience in all things, in which they were concerned with God, or man, and among all persons, Jews and Gentiles; or that they were willing to live honestly in every respect, as men, Christians, and ministers.

Hebreus 13:18 In-Context

16 Mas não vos esqueçais de fazer o bem e de repartir com outros, porque com tais sacrifícios Deus se agrada.
17 Obedecei a vossos guias, sendo-lhes submissos; porque velam por vossas almas como quem há de prestar contas delas; para que o façam com alegria e não gemendo, porque isso não vos seria útil.
18 Orai por nós, porque estamos persuadidos de que temos boa consciência, sendo desejosos de, em tudo, portar-nos corretamente.
19 E com instância vos exorto a que o façais, para que eu mais depressa vos seja restituído.
20 Ora, o Deus de paz, que pelo sangue do pacto eterno tornou a trazer dentre os mortos a nosso Senhor Jesus, grande pastor das ovelhas,
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