Hebreos 13:1

1 Palabras finales
Sigan amándose unos a otros como hermanos.

Hebreos 13:1 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 13:1

Let brotherly love continue.
] The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions add, "in you"; or among you, as a church and society of Christians; for this is not to be understood of love to all mankind, or to those of the same nation, or who are in a strict natural relation brethren, though they are all in a sense brethren, and to be loved; but of love to those who are in the same spiritual relation to God, as their Father, to Christ, as the firstborn among many brethren; and are in the same church state, at least partakers of the same grace: and which love ought to be universal, and reach to all the saints, and be fervent and unfeigned, and as Christ hath loved us; and when it is genuine, it is active and laborious; and shows itself in praying with and for one another; in bearing one another's burdens; in forbearing and forgiving one another; in admonishing one another in love; in building up each other in the most holy faith; and in stirring up one another to the several duties of religion: and without this excellent and useful grace, a profession of religion is in vain; this is an evidence of regeneration; it is the bond of perfectness, and what renders the saints' communion delightful and edifying: many are the arguments moving to the exercise of it; as the love of God, and Christ; the new commandment of Christ; the relation saints stand in to one another; the comfort and joy of Gospel ministers, and our own peace and edification: and this should continue; for the love of God and Christ continues; the relation between the saints continues; and without this, churches cannot continue long: the apostle means, not the grace itself, the internal principle, for that, where it once is, always continues, and can never be lost; but the exercise and increase of it, an abounding in it yet more and more. One of the Jewish prayers is to this purpose ^F17;

``he that dwells in this house, let him plant among you (hbhaw hwxa) , "brotherhood and love", (or brotherly love,) peace and friendship.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 T. Hieros. Beracot, fol. 3. 3.

Hebreos 13:1 In-Context

1 Palabras finales
Sigan amándose unos a otros como hermanos.

2 No se olviden de brindar hospitalidad a los desconocidos, porque algunos que lo han hecho, ¡han hospedado ángeles sin darse cuenta!

3 Acuérdense de aquellos que están en prisión, como si ustedes mismos estuvieran allí. Acuérdense también de los que son maltratados, como si ustedes mismos sintieran en carne propia el dolor de ellos.

4 Honren el matrimonio, y los casados manténganse fieles el uno al otro. Con toda seguridad, Dios juzgará a los que cometen inmoralidades sexuales y a los que cometen adulterio.

5 No amen el dinero; estén contentos con lo que tienen, pues Dios ha dicho:
«Nunca te fallaré.
Jamás te abandonaré»
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