{"author":null,"canonical_references":[],"database_sha256":"8cfbe7284c6936871d57c02dc6aa63ebbdfd4722422d539dd9f716e46e91112e","date_end":null,"date_start":null,"edition_year":null,"id":"sermonindex-ecf-6596","native_reference":{"book_number":650,"chapter_from":13,"chapter_to":13,"system":"MyBible module coordinates (mapping unverified)","verse_from":7,"verse_to":7},"public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"verse-keyed-module-record","review_required":["English edition and exact text","author/work attribution","dating","verse mapping and citation kind","reuse and attribution","split author quotations and deduplicate"],"review_status":"unreviewed","source_html":"<p><b>Didache</b>: My child, him that speaketh to thee the word of God remember night and day; and thou shalt honour him as the Lord; for in the place whence lordly rule is uttered, there is the Lord. And thou shalt seek out day by day the faces of the saints, in order that thou mayest rest upon their words. Thou shalt not long for division, but shalt bring those who contend to peace.<br/><i>— The Didache, Chapter 4</i></p><p><b>John Chrysostom</b>: \"Remember them which have the rule over you.\" This he was laboring to say above: therefore \"Follow peace with all men.\" (c. xii. 14.) He gave this exhortation also to the Thessalonians, to \"hold them in honor exceedingly.\" (1 Thess. v. 13.)</p><p>\"Remember\" (he says) \"them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.\" What kind of following is this? Truly the best: for he says, beholding their life, \"follow their faith.\" For from a pure life cometh faith.</p><p>Or else by \"faith,\" he means steadfastness. How so? Because they believe in the things to come. For they would not have shown forth a pure life, if they had questioned about the things to come, if they had doubted. So that here also he is applying a remedy to the same evil.<br/><i>— Homily on Hebrews 33</i></p><p><b>John Chrysostom</b>: \"Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God.\" In this place I think that he is speaking about assistance also. For this is implied in the words \"who have spoken unto you the word of God.\"</p><p>\"Whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation.\" What is \"considering\"? Continually revolving, examining it by yourselves, reasoning, investigating accurately, testing it as you choose. \"The end of their conversation,\" that is, their conversation to the end: for \"their conversation\" had a good end.<br/><i>— Homily on Hebrews 33</i></p><p><b>Oecumenius</b>: \"Remember your leaders.\" Of the teachers. This Paul also advised the Thessalonians, so that they hold them in honor exceedingly. (1 Thess. 5:13) And just as they share in the word, so if it is possible, to help them in their bodily needs. For this is hinted at by the phrase, \"remember\". It also encourages them to imitate them.<br/>\"consider the outcome of their.\" Reflecting, examining. This can be said both about the deceased and the living; concerning the deceased: reflecting, Paul says, on how they exited life, what kind of conduct they had in the world, imitate their faith; for a pure life is based on faith. For if they had not believed in what was to come, but had hesitated, they would not have demonstrated the best way of life. Concerning their way of life: Reflecting, he says, on how they conduct themselves well in life, become imitators of their faith.<br/>\"the outcome of their way of life.\" The community until the end.<br/>\"Jesus Christ yesterday and today.\" Some among them were saying, The crucified one, the proclaimed and expected Christ does not exist. Another, they say, will come. Therefore, Paul says, \"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.\" By \"yesterday,\" he indicates the past ages; by \"today,\" the present; by \"the same forever,\" the future. As if he said: Another Christ will not come. For this one who has come is the one who was before, and he is and will be forever.<br/><i>— The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews</i></p><p><b>Pseudo-Clement</b>: Moreover, also, Elijah and Elisha, and many other holy men, we find to have lived a holy and spotless life. If, therefore, thou desirest to be like these, imitate them with all thy power. For the Scripture has said, \"The elders who are among you, honour; and, seeing their manner of life and conduct, imitate their faith.\" [Hebrews 13:7] And again it saith, \"Imitate me, my brethren, as I imitate Christ.\" [1 Corinthians 11:1]<br/><i>— Two Epistles on Virginity, Epistle 1</i></p><p><b>Theodore of Mopsuestia</b>: \"The leaders\" are those who have proclaimed the word of godliness among them and were killed by the Jews on the spot. And there were many, not only Stephen and James who was killed by the sword, but also James, brother of our Lord, and very many others handed over in silence.<br/><i>— FRAGMENTS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE Hebrews 13.7</i></p><p><b>Theodoret of Cyrus</b>: He referred to the saints long dead—Stephen the protomartyr, James the brother of John, James called Just; many others as well were done away with by the Jews' fury. By having an eye to them, he is saying, and acquainting yourselves with their praiseworthy lifestyle, emulate their faith.<br/><i>— INTERPRETATION OF Hebrews 13</i></p>","source_html_sha256":"a76e93bd238f6f8386f5a61e1a3ae0965870ede8721a1994f71ba1d4e2792ed6","source_module":"ECF","source_row_id":6596,"source_url":"https://www.sermonindex.net/commentary/ecf/","text_sha256":"c812ce32db9778146fa3e8e0c228416741b1ea710601dd6c1913b8beac507c00","translator":null,"work":null}