12 so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.(A)

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12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(A) those who through faith and patience(B) inherit what has been promised.(C)

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17 Obey your leaders[a] and submit to them, for they keep watch(A) over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:17 Or rulers

17 Have confidence in your leaders(A) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(B) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

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24 Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who are from Italy greet you.

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24 Greet all your leaders(A) and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy(B) send you their greetings.

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