Hebrews 13:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ἀνέχεσθε τοῦ λόγου τῆς παρακλήσεως: καὶ γὰρ διὰ βραχέων ἐπέστειλα ὑμῖν.

Transliteration

I parakalō de you, adelphoi, anechesthe the logou of the paraklēseōs: kai gar through bracheōn I epesteila to you.

Grammar Details

• *parakalō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I urge/exhort
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *anechesthe*: imperative, present, middle/passive, 2nd person, plural - bear with/endure
• *logou*: genitive, masculine, singular - word/message
• *paraklēseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - exhortation/encouragement
• *kai*: adverb - also/even
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *bracheōn*: genitive, neuter, plural, adjective - few/brief
• *epesteila*: aorist, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I wrote/sent

Word Meanings

• *parakalō*: I urge/exhort/encourage/beseech
• *adelphoi*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers
• *anechesthe*: bear with/endure/tolerate/put up with
• *logou*: word/message/account/speech
• *paraklēseōs*: exhortation/encouragement/comfort/consolation
• *bracheōn*: few/brief/short words
• *epesteila*: wrote/sent/dispatched by letter

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.
• Heb 3:1 : 1 For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
• Heb 3:12-13 : 12 My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God: 13 But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:
• Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.
• Heb 4:11 : 11 Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
• Heb 6:11-12 : 11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end: 12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
• Heb 10:19-39 : 19 So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus, 20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a great priest over the house of God, 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water: 23 Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word: 24 And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works; 25 Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near. 26 For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins, 27 But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God. 28 A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses: 29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment? 30 For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people. 31 We may well go in fear of falling into the hands of the living God. 32 But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles; 33 In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way. 34 For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever. 35 So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded. 36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you. 37 In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow. 38 But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
• Heb 12:1-2 : 1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us, 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
• Heb 12:12-16 : 12 For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong, 13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong. 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord; 15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it; 16 And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
• Heb 12:25-28 : 25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven? 26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven. 27 And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible. 28 If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:
• Heb 13:1-3 : 1 Go on loving your brothers in the faith. 2 Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it. 3 Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.
• Heb 13:12-16 : 12 For this reason Jesus was put to death outside the walls, so that he might make the people holy by his blood. 13 Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves. 14 For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come. 15 Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name. 16 But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
• Gal 6:11 : 11 See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.
• Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right, 9 Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
• Heb 2:1 : 1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.