1 Thessalonians 5:12

Final Instructions

5:12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, ¹  to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Philippians 2:29

2:29 So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

Hebrews 13:7

13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

Hebrews 13:3

13:3 Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, ²  and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment. ³ 

Hebrews 1:11-12

1:11 They will perish, but you continue.

And they will all grow old like a garment,

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ⁴  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ⁵ 

[5:12]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[13:3]  ² tn Grk “as being imprisoned together.”

[13:3]  ³ tn Or “since you too are vulnerable”; Grk “you also being in the body.”

[1:12]  ⁴ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

[1:12]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.