Hebrews 13:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Remember those who are in prison, as if bound with them, and those who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μιμνῄσκεσθε τῶν δεσμίων, ὡς συνδεδεμένοι· τῶν κακουχουμένων, ὡς καὶ αὐτοὶ ὄντες ἐν σώματι.

Transliteration

Mimnēskesthe the desmiōn, hōs syndedemenoi; the kakouchoumenōn, hōs kai autoi ontes in sōmati.

Grammar Details

• *mimnēskesthe*: imperative, present, middle/passive, 2nd person, plural - remember/be mindful of
• *desmiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - prisoners/those in bonds
• *hōs*: comparative particle - as/as if/like
• *syndedemenoi*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been bound together with
• *kakouchoumenōn*: present, passive, participle, genitive, masculine, plural - being mistreated/suffering hardship
• *kai*: conjunction/adverb - also/even
• *autoi*: intensive pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - yourselves
• *ontes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being/existing
• *sōmati*: dative, neuter, singular - body

Word Meanings

• *mimnēskesthe*: remember/be mindful of/think of
• *desmiōn*: prisoners/those in bonds/captives
• *syndedemenoi*: bound together with/fellow prisoners/sharing bondage
• *kakouchoumenōn*: being mistreated/suffering hardship/being abused/maltreated
• *sōmati*: body/physical form

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were in the body with them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Remember them that are in bondes even as though ye were bounde with them. Be myndfull of them which are in adversitie as ye which are yet in youre bodies.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Remembre them that are in bondes, eue as though ye were bounde with them: and be myndefull off them which are in aduersite, as ye which are also in the bodye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Remember them that are in bondes, as though ye were bounde with them: and them that are in affliction, as if ye were also afflicted in the body.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Remember them that are in bondes, as bounde with them: And them which suffer aduersitie, as also ye your selues beyng in the body suffered aduersitie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and] them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are illtreated, as being yourselves also in the body.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 25:36 : 36 I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me.
• Heb 10:34 : 34 For you had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.
• 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
• Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
• Col 4:18 : 18 This salutation by my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.
• Gal 6:1-2 : 1 Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
• Matt 25:43 : 43 I was a stranger and you did not take me in; naked and you did not clothe me; sick and in prison and you did not visit me.
• Acts 16:29-34 : 29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 So they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household. 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34 When he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.
• Acts 24:23 : 23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have freedom, and that he should permit none of his friends to minister or come to him.
• Neh 1:3-4 : 3 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire. 4 And it happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
• Phil 4:14-19 : 14 Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my affliction. 15 Now you Philippians know also that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me concerning giving and receiving but you only. 16 For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again for my needs. 17 Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. 18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. 19 But my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
• Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,
• 2 Tim 1:16-18 : 16 The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain; 17 But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me. 18 The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day, and you know very well how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
• Jer 38:7-9 : 7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon, the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 8 Ebedmelech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies. 11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old cast-off clothes and worn-out rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast-off clothes and worn-out rags under your armholes beneath the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew Jeremiah up with cords and lifted him out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
• Gen 40:14-15 : 14 But remember me when it is well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: 15 For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
• Gen 40:23 : 23 Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
• Acts 27:3 : 3 And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul, and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself.