Hebrews 13:21 (GNV)

Passage

Make you perfect in all good workes, to doe his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise for euer and euer, Amen.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:19 And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly.

Hebrews 13:20 The God of peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Iesus, the great shepheard of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant,

Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in all good workes, to doe his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise for euer and euer, Amen.

Hebrews 13:22 I beseeche you also, brethren, suffer the wordes of exhortation: for I haue written vnto you in fewe wordes.

Hebrews 13:23 Knowe that our brother Timotheus is deliuered, with whome (if hee come shortly) I will see you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "perfect", "good", "workes", "working", "pleasant", "sight", and "through". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "perfect", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "The God of peace that brought againe..." into verse 22's "I beseeche you also brethren suffer the...", so "make" and "perfect" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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