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Let marriage be held in honor (esteemed worthy, precious, of great price, and especially dear) in all things. And thus let the marriage bed be undefiled (kept undishonored); for God will judge and punish the unchaste [all guilty of sexual vice] and adulterous.

Let your [a]character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] [b]Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor [c]give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [d][I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor [e]let [you] down ([f]relax My hold on you)! [[g]Assuredly not!](A)

So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:5 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Hebrews 13:5 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. Hebrews 13:5 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Hebrews 13:5 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies: Three negatives precede the verb.
  5. Hebrews 13:5 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies: Three negatives precede the verb.
  6. Hebrews 13:5 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  7. Hebrews 13:5 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.

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

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

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
  2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7