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.
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Hebrews 13:17
Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must giue accountes, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.
Parallel Translations
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 5:12–131 Timothy 5:17Hebrews 13:71 Peter 5:5Acts 20:281 Peter 5:2–31 Corinthians 16:16Jeremiah 13:17Ezekiel 33:7–9Ezekiel 3:17–21Philippians 2:12Exodus 32:31Philippians 2:29Romans 14:122 Corinthians 5:10–11
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