Hebrews 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit [to them]: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this [were] unprofitable for you.
Treated in 8 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
On Obedience to Pastors cites Heb. 13:17
…t, that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: For that is unprofitable for you.” Heb. 13:17. 1. Exceeding few, not only among nominal Christians, but among truly religious men, have…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
Accountability cites Hebrews 13:17
… to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account" (Hebrews 13:17). A man who will not submit to any spiritual authority on earth is a law unto himself — a…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
Men in the Church cites Hebrews 13:17
… so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you" (Hebrews 13:17). Your pastor is a man like you, with his own struggles. He needs your prayers, your enco…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites Hebrews 13:17
… though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.” Hebrews 13:17 — “Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
A Farewell Sermon cites Heb. xiii. 17
…returns again, and gives his master an account of his conduct and success. So we read, in Heb. xiii. 17, of ministers being rulers in the house of God, “that watch for souls, as those that must…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Dietrich Bonhoeffer — The Pastor Who Counted the Cost cites Hebrews 13:17
… so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you” (Hebrews 13:17, NIV). He gave his congregation reason for confidence by being the kind of shepherd descr…
- Watchman Nee ·
The Church and the Body of Christ cites Hebrews 13:17
…rd. It is a community of people who relinquish selfish insistence for the sake of Christ. Hebrews 13:17 also calls believers to obey leaders who watch for souls. But all church authority is und…
- Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites Hebrews 13:17
…that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls” (Hebrews 13:17, ASV). But biblical submission has boundaries. The apostles disobeyed authorities who for…