Hebrews 13:9
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.”
χάρις
Grace, favour, gift, charm. Charis. By grace you have been saved through faith. Grace is God giving what we do not deserve. It is His nature expressed toward those who need Him.
καρδία
heart
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καρδία
Heart, inner self, the seat of life. Kardia. Create in me a pure heart O God. The heart is the control centre of life. What God changes in the heart changes everything else.
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καλός
it is] good
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καλός
Good, beautiful, excellent. Kalos. She has done a beautiful thing. What looks like extravagance to the world looks beautiful to Jesus. He sees the love behind the act.
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περιπατέω
being devoted.
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περιπατέω
To walk, to live, to conduct oneself. Peripateo. Walk worthy of the calling to which you have been called. How you live is the walking commentary on what you believe.
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διδαχή
by teachings
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διδαχή
Teaching, doctrine, instruction. Didache. They continued steadfastly in the apostles teaching. The first mark of a healthy church is devotion to sound teaching.
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ξένος
strange
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ξένος
Strange, foreign, unusual. Xenos. I was a stranger and you welcomed Me. Jesus identifies with the outsider. Welcoming the stranger is welcoming Him.
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βρῶμα
by foods
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βρῶμα
Food, nourishment. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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παραφέρω
do be taken away;
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παραφέρω
to bear along or aside, i.e. carry off (literally or figuratively); by implication, to avert
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ποικίλος
various
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ποικίλος
motley, i.e. various in character
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ὠφελέω
they profited
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ὠφελέω
to be useful, i.e. to benefit
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