Hebrews 13:1 (GNV)

Passage

Let brotherly loue continue.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly loue continue.

Hebrews 13:2 Be not forgetfull to intertaine strangers: for thereby some haue receiued Angels into their houses vnwares.

Hebrews 13:3 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brotherly", "loue", and "continue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brotherly" and "loue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Be not forgetfull to intertaine strangers for...", so "brotherly" and "loue" should be read forward into that movement. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "brotherly" and "loue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.