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Pentecost Season · Proper 17 · Year C

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

Marks of Christian Community

September 3, 2028

Abraham and the Three Angels, Avanzino Nucci
Abraham and the Three Angels, Avanzino Nucci, c. 1600Private collection
An Italian painting of the visit at Mamre, the three figures standing at the tent while Abraham bows and Sarah listens from the doorway.Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews is pointing at this exact story.Avanzino NucciAn Italian painter of the late sixteenth century who worked in Rome and the Marches on church commissions.Private collectionIn private hands, which is why it is seen in reproduction far more often than in the flesh.Private collection
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 14:1, 7-14Lk 14:1, 7-14
EpistleHeb. 13:1-8, 15-16Heb 13:1-8, 15-16
Old TestamentJer. 2:4-13Jer 2:4-13Alt. OTSir. 10:12-18Sir 10:12-18 orProv. 25:6-7Prv 25:6-7
PsalterPs. 81:1, 10-16Ps 81:1, 10-16Alt. PsalmPs. 112Ps 112

Overview & Insights

"Let mutual love continue." (Hebrews 13:1)

The closing chapter of Hebrews lists concrete ethical instructions: love strangers, remember prisoners, honor marriage, avoid the love of money, and offer a continual sacrifice of praise. These practices flesh out what it means to live as the community that has come to Mount Zion.

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Commentary

Commentary on Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16Commentary on Heb 13:1-8, 15-16 Working Preacher

Reads the chapter's instructions as a template for communal endurance.

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 CommentaryHeb 13:1-8, 15-16 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Highlights mutual love as the foundation for the whole list of instructions.

Hebrews 13 Bible CommentaryHeb 13 Bible Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse notes on hospitality, marriage, and the sacrifice of praise.

Hebrews 13 (Barnes' Notes)Heb 13 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Classic verse notes on the closing ethical instructions.

Hebrews 13:1 CommentariesHeb 13:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentary on the call to mutual love.

Hebrews 13:1 InterlinearHeb 13:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Greek text of the opening instruction on love.

Background & Word Study

Book of Hebrews OverviewBook of Heb Overview BibleProject

Traces the argument of Hebrews leading into its closing ethical exhortations.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Hebrews 13Catena on Heb 13 Catena

Patristic commentary on the closing instructions of Hebrews.

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