Sacrifices Pleasing to God

Heb 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Epilogue

The Epilogue can be distinguished from the body of the epistle in that the latter contains only broad, general admonitions, while the Epilogue contains specific ones. In some ways these specific instructions suggest ways “to worship God acceptably” (cf. Heb. 12:28). The Epilogue also contains the writer’s personal comments to his readers and his farewell to them.

Be not forgetful...

ἐπιλανθάνομαι

epilanthanomai

ep-ee-lan-than'-om-ahee

Middle voice from superimposition and to lie hid; to lose out of mind; by implication to neglect: - (be) forget (-ful of).

μή

mē

may

A primary particle of qualified negation (whereas no or not expresses an absolute denial); (adverbially) not, (conjugationally) lest; also (as interrogitive implying a negative answer [whereas no or not expects an affirmative one]); whether: - any, but, (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, [can-] not, nothing, that not, un [-taken], without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also G3362, G3363, G3364, G3372, G3373, G3375, G3378.

Obeying these would inculcate personal kindness to, strangers.

to entertain strangers:...

φιλονεξία

philonexia

fil-on-ex-ee'-ah

From fond of guests; hospitableness: - entertain strangers, hospitality.

for...

γάρ

gar

gar

A primary particle; properly assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles): - and, as, because (that), but, even, for indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.

thereby...

διά

dia

dee-ah'

A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import: - after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) . . . fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through (-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general import.

ταύτῃ, ταύτην, ταύτης

tautē tautēn tautēs

tow-'tay, tow'-tane, tow'-tace

Dative, accusative and genitive case respectively of the feminine singular of the he (she or it); (towards or of) this: - her, + hereof, it, that, + thereby, the (same), this (same).

some...

τίς

tis

tis

An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object: - a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, -thing, -what), (+ that no-) thing, what (-soever), X wherewith, whom [-soever], whose ([-soever]).

have entertained...

ξενίζω

xenizō

xen-id'-xo

From alien; to be a host (passively a guest); by implication be (make, appear) strange: - entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.

angels...

ἄγγελος

aggelos

ang'-el-os

From ἀγγέλλω aggellō (probably derived from to lead; compare a drove; to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an “angel”; by implication a pastor: - angel, messenger.

unawares...

λανθάνω

lanthanō

lan-than'-o

A prolonged form of a primary verb, which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses; to lie hid (literally or figuratively); often used adverbially unwittingly: - be hid, be ignorant of, unawares.

Let love of the brethren continue. Forget not to shew love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are evil entreated, as being yourselves also in the body.