A moment in scripture
Hebrews 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
The surrounding passage
- Hebrews 13:15
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
- Hebrews 13:16
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
- Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
- Hebrews 13:19
But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.