Hebrews 13:9
Be not carried away by various and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with meats, which have not profited those who were occupied with them.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.
10We have a sacrifice, of which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
Cross References
Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Acts 10:14But Peter said: By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing common or unclean.
Acts 20:32And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace; to Him who is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all the sanctified.
Romans 14:6He that regards the day, to the Lord he regards it; and he that does not regard the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He that eats, eats to the Lord; for he gives God thanks: and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives God thanks.
Romans 16:17Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who make divisions and cause offenses in opposition to the teaching which you have learned, and avoid them.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:2-18
Various Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 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,… Read the whole commentary →