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title: "Hebrews 13 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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# Hebrews 13

Hebrews 13 is chapter 13 of 13 in the Letter to the Hebrews. Here are all 25 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Divers admonitions and exhortations.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Hebrews 13 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. May fraternal charity remain in you.
2. And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.
3. Remember those who are prisoners, just as if you were imprisoned with them, and those who endure hardships, just as if you were in their place.
4. May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
5. Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, “I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you.”
6. So then, we may confidently say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.”
7. Remember your leaders, who have spoken the Word of God to you, whose faith you imitate, by observing the goal of their way of life:
8. Jesus Christ, yesterday and today; Jesus Christ forever.
9. Do not be led away by changing or strange doctrines. And it is best for the heart to be sustained by grace, not by foods. For the latter have not been as useful to those who walked by them.
10. We have an altar: those who serve in the tabernacle have no authority to eat from it.
11. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is carried into the Holy of holies by the high priest, on behalf of sin, are burned outside the camp.
12. Because of this, Jesus, too, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered outside the gate.
13. And so, let us go forth to him, outside the camp, bearing his reproach.
14. For in this place, we have no everlasting city; instead, we seek one in the future.
15. Therefore, through him, let us offer the sacrifice of continual praise to God, which is the fruit of lips confessing his name.
16. But do not be willing to forget good works and fellowship. For God is deserving of such sacrifices.
17. Obey your leaders and be subject to them. For they watch over you, as if to render an account of your souls. So then, may they do this with joy, and not with grief. Otherwise, it would not be as helpful to you.
18. Pray for us. For we trust that we have a good conscience, being willing to conduct ourselves well in all things.
19. And I beg you, all the more, to do this, so that I may be quickly returned to you.
20. Then may the God of peace, who led back from the dead that great Pastor of sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the blood of the eternal testament,
21. equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.
22. And I beg you, brothers, that you may permit this word of consolation, especially since I have written to you with few words.
23. Know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he arrives soon, then I will see you with him.
24. Greet all your leaders and all the saints. The brothers from Italy greet you.
25. Grace be with you all. Amen.

## Hebrews 13 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Caritas fraternitatis maneat in vobis,
2. et hospitalitatem nolite oblivisci: per hanc enim latuerunt quidam, angelis hospitio receptis.
3. Mementote vinctorum, tamquam simul vincti: et laborantium, tamquam et ipsi in corpore morantes.
4. Honorabile connubium in omnibus, et thorus immaculatus. Fornicatores enim, et adulteros judicabit Deus.
5. Sint mores sine avaritia, contenti præsentibus: ipse enim dixit: Non te deseram, neque derelinquam:
6. ita ut confidenter dicamus: Dominus mihi adjutor: non timebo quid faciat mihi homo.
7. Mementote præpositorum vestrorum, qui vobis locuti sunt verbum Dei: quorum intuentes exitum conversationis, imitamini fidem.
8. Jesus Christus heri, et hodie: ipse et in sæcula.
9. Doctrinis variis et peregrinis nolite abduci. Optimum est enim gratia stabilire cor, non escis: quæ non profuerunt ambulantibus in eis.
10. Habemus altare, de quo edere non habent potestatem, qui tabernaculo deserviunt.
11. Quorum enim animalium infertur sanguis pro peccato in Sancta per pontificem, horum corpora cremantur extra castra.
12. Propter quod et Jesus, ut sanctificaret per suum sanguinem populum, extra portam passus est.
13. Exeamus igitur ad eum extra castra, improperium ejus portantes.
14. Non enim habemus hic manentem civitatem, sed futuram inquirimus.
15. Per ipsum ergo offeramus hostiam laudis semper Deo, id est, fructum labiorum confitentium nomini ejus.
16. Beneficentiæ autem et communionis nolite oblivisci: talibus enim hostiis promeretur Deus.
17. Obedite præpositis vestris, et subjacete eis. Ipsi enim pervigilant quasi rationem pro animabus vestris reddituri, ut cum gaudio hoc faciant, et non gementes: hoc enim non expedit vobis.
18. Orate pro nobis: confidimus enim quia bonam conscientiam habemus in omnibus bene volentes conversari.
19. Amplius autem deprecor vos hoc facere, quo celerius restituar vobis.
20. Deus autem pacis, qui eduxit de mortuis pastorem magnum ovium, in sanguine testamenti æterni, Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum,
21. aptet vos in omni bono, ut faciatis ejus voluntatem: faciens in vobis quod placeat coram se per Jesum Christum: cui est gloria in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.
22. Rogo autem vos fratres, ut sufferatis verbum solatii. Etenim perpaucis scripsi vobis.
23. Cognoscite fratrem nostrum Timotheum dimissum: cum quo (si celerius venerit) videbo vos.
24. Salutate omnes præpositos vestros, et omnes sanctos. Salutant vos de Italia fratres.
25. Gratia cum omnibus vobis. Amen.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 2447: Love For the Poor ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1165: When is the Liturgy Celebrated? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1182: Where is the Liturgy Celebrated? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 771: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2796: "Who Art in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1330: What is This Sacrament Called? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1269: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 632: Christ Descended Into Hell ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for He is going to say, I came as a guest, and you received Me.” — St. Benedict of Nursia, Rule of St. Benedict, ch. 53, c. 530 (On this theme: verse 2)
- “Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing frighten thee; all things are passing, God never changes. Patience obtains all things; whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.” — St. Teresa of Ávila, Bookmark prayer, 16th c. (On this theme: verse 8)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 4: Let marriage be honourable in all-- That is, in all things belonging to the marriage state. This is a warning to married people, not to abuse the sanctity of their state, by any liberties or irregularities contrary thereunto. Now it does not follow from this text that all persons are obliged to marry, even if the word omnibus were rendered, in all persons, instead of in all things: for if it was a precept, St. Paul himself would have transgressed it, as he never married. Moreover, those who have already made a vow to God to lead a single life, should they attempt to marry, they would incur their own damnation. 1 Tim. 5. 12.
- Verse 13: “Bearing his reproach” … That is, bearing his cross. It is an exhortation to them to be willing to suffer with Christ, reproaches, persecutions, and even death, if they desire to partake of the benefit of his suffering for man's redemption.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, Feb 5, 2027: St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr — First Reading, Hebrews 13:1-8
- Sat, Feb 6, 2027: St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs — First Reading, Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).