Obey (πειθεσθε). Present middle imperative of πειθω with dative case.

Submit (υπεικετε). Present active im…

Obey them that have the rule over you. The marginal reading is guide. (See Notes on verse 7.) The reference here is to their reli…

The present section of the chapter begins (Hebrews 13:7) and ends (Hebrews 13:17) with a reference to the rulers of the Chu…

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 i…

The readers must obey their leaders. In v.7 the leaders were men who had died. Here, however, those alive and currently in positions of authority a…

Obey them, etc. I have no doubt that he speaks of pastors and other rulers of the Church, for there were then no Christian magist…

Obey them that have the rule over you
Not the ecclesiastical rulers among the Jews, for to these they were no longer obliged, …

We must, according to our power, give to the necessities of the souls and bodies of men: God will accept these offerings with pleasure, and will ac…

After showing them how to act regarding their deceased leaders—that is, by continuing in their teachings—the Apostle now shows how to act toward li…