Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. New Living Translation Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name. English Standard Version Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Berean Standard Bible Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. Berean Literal Bible Through Him then, we should offer the sacrifice of praise continually, everything to God, that is, the fruit of the lips confessing His name. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. New American Standard Bible Through Him then, let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips praising His name. NASB 1995 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. NASB 1977 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. Legacy Standard Bible Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name. Amplified Bible Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name. Christian Standard Bible Therefore, through him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, through Him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess His name. American Standard Version Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. Contemporary English Version Our sacrifice is to keep offering praise to God in the name of Jesus. English Revised Version Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. GOD'S WORD® Translation Through Jesus we should always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, words that acknowledge him. Good News Translation Let us, then, always offer praise to God as our sacrifice through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that confess him as Lord. International Standard Version Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name. Majority Standard Bible Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. NET Bible Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name. New Heart English Bible Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Weymouth New Testament Through Him, then, let us continually lay on the altar a sacrifice of praise to God, namely, the utterance of lips that give thanks to His Name. World English Bible Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThrough Him, then, we may always offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His Name. Berean Literal Bible Through Him then, we should offer the sacrifice of praise continually, everything to God, that is, the fruit of the lips confessing His name. Young's Literal Translation through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name; Smith's Literal Translation By him therefore we should always bring up the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of the lips assenting to his name. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBy him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to God, that is to say, the fruit of lips confessing to his name. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, through him, let us offer the sacrifice of continual praise to God, which is the fruit of lips confessing his name. New American Bible Through him [then] let us continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. New Revised Standard Version Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBy him, therefore, let us always offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of the lips giving thanks to his name. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And through him let us offer sacrifices of praise always to God, which is the fruit of the lips giving thanks to his name. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentThrough him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. Godbey New Testament Therefore let us offer to God a sacrifice of praise continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing to his name. Haweis New Testament By him therefore let us offer a sacrifice of praise perpetually to God, that is the fruit of our lips confessing his name. Mace New Testament Let our sacrifice then, which we are to offer to God by Jesus Christ, be that of incessant praises, the offering of our lips, which celebrate his name: Weymouth New Testament Through Him, then, let us continually lay on the altar a sacrifice of praise to God, namely, the utterance of lips that give thanks to His Name. Worrell New Testament Through Him, therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually; that is, the fruit of our lips making confession to His name. Worsley New Testament 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sacrifice, Obedience, and Prayer14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. 15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. 16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.… Cross References Psalm 50:14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High. Psalm 50:23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.” Psalm 69:30-31 I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. / And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. Psalm 107:22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing. Psalm 116:17 I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD. Hosea 14:2 Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. Leviticus 7:12 If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. Leviticus 22:29 When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf. Jonah 2:9 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!” Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Philippians 4:18 I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. Ephesians 5:20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Treasury of Scripture 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. him. Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. the sacrifice. Leviticus 7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 2 Chronicles 7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. 2 Chronicles 29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. the fruit. Genesis 4:3,4 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD… Hosea 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. giving thanks to. Psalm 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Luke 10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. Jump to Previous Acknowledge Allegiance Altar Confess Confessing Confession Continually Fruit Jesus Lips Namely Offer Offerings Praise Proclaim Sacrifice Thanks Times UtteranceJump to Next Acknowledge Allegiance Altar Confess Confessing Confession Continually Fruit Jesus Lips Namely Offer Offerings Praise Proclaim Sacrifice Thanks Times UtteranceHebrews 13 1. Various admonitions as to love;4. to honest life; 5. to avoid covetousness; 7. to regard God's preachers; 9. to take heed of strange doctrines; 10. to confess Christ; 16. to give alms; 17. to obey governors; 18. to pray for the apostles. 20. The conclusion. Through Jesus This phrase emphasizes the centrality of Jesus Christ in the life of a believer. The Greek word "διὰ" (dia) indicates the means or channel through which something is accomplished. In this context, it underscores that our relationship with God and our ability to offer anything pleasing to Him is solely through Jesus. Historically, this reflects the shift from the Old Covenant, where priests mediated between God and man, to the New Covenant, where Jesus is our High Priest and mediator. This highlights the sufficiency and supremacy of Christ in all spiritual matters. therefore let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise the fruit of lips that confess His name Let us offer the sacrifice.--Rather, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually unto God, that is, fruit of lips making confession to His name. The sacrifice we may bring is that symbolised by the thank-offering of Leviticus 7:12--where the same word is used. (See Psa. 1:14, 23.) "We will render the fruit of our lips" is the Greek version of Hosea 14:2; the Hebrew text (as we have it) differs in expression but not in meaning, "We will render our lips as bullocks"--i.e., as sacrifices. (Comp. Psalm 119:108; Isaiah 57:19.) The fruit is borne by lips which offer thankful acknowledgment to the name of God (Psalm 113:1). . . . Verse 15. - Through him therefore let us offer the sacrifice (or, a sacrifice) of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips confessing to his Name. Θυσία αἰνέσεως is the designation in the ritual of the Law of the voluntary peace offering, offered by individuals on occasions calling for special thanksgiving (Leviticus 7:12). In the psalms it is used to express generally praise and thanksgiving (see Psalm 1:14, 23; 116:17. Θῦσον τῷ Θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου, etc.). In virtue of their participation in the true and complete Sin Offering, Christians may fulfill this part of the ancient symbolism, not occasionally, but "continually;" bringing to God, not fruits of the earth, but the "fruit of the lips" (an expression found in Hosea 14:2, where the LXX. has καρπὸν χειλέων ἡμῶν), i.e. continual praise, springing from thankful hearts. In the Eucharist especially (hence so called) such sacrifice is continually offered, over the one atoning Sacrifice which is pleaded and partaken cf. But not in communions only, but ever in their daily lives, such "sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving" is due. But, as the next verse reminds the readers, the "knit of the lips" is not enough; there is a further sacrifice of our own, whereby we must show that we are true partakers of Christ, and truly thankful.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek ThroughΔι’ (Di’) Preposition Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. [Jesus], αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. therefore, οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. let us continually offer ἀναφέρωμεν (anapherōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 399: From ana and phero; to take up. to τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. God Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. [a] sacrifice θυσίαν (thysian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2378: Abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering. From thuo; sacrifice. of praise, αἰνέσεως (aineseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 133: Praise, commendation. From aineo; a praising, i.e. a thank(-offering). [the] fruit καρπὸν (karpon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2590: Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively. of lips χειλέων (cheileōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 5491: From a form of the same as chasma; a lip; figuratively, a margin. that confess ὁμολογούντων (homologountōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 3670: From a compound of the base of homou and logos; to assent, i.e. Covenant, acknowledge. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. name. ὀνόματι (onomati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'. Links Hebrews 13:15 NIVHebrews 13:15 NLT Hebrews 13:15 ESV Hebrews 13:15 NASB Hebrews 13:15 KJV Hebrews 13:15 BibleApps.com Hebrews 13:15 Biblia Paralela Hebrews 13:15 Chinese Bible Hebrews 13:15 French Bible Hebrews 13:15 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Hebrews 13:15 Through him then let us offer up (Heb. He. Hb) |
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