Remember the prisoners, as though you were fellow-prisoners; remember[a] the mistreated, as though you yourselves also are being mistreated[b] in the body. Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers. Your lifestyle must be free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, “I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you.”[c]

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  1. Hebrews 13:3 This is an understood repetition of the verb from the previous clause
  2. Hebrews 13:3 This is an understood repetition of the participle from the previous clause
  3. Hebrews 13:5 A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8

Continue to remember those in prison(A) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

Marriage should be honored by all,(B) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(C) Keep your lives free from the love of money(D) and be content with what you have,(E) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](F)

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  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6