SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:16
Y, del hacer bien y de la confraternidad no os olvidis; porque de tales sacrificios se agrada Dios.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Hebrew 13:16
Verse 16. But to do good and to communicate] These are continual sacrifices which God requires, and which will spring from a sense of God's love in Christ Jesus. Praise to God for his unspeakable gift, and acts of kindness to men for God's sake. No reliance, even on the infinitely meritorious sacrifice of Christ, can be acceptable in the sight of God if a man have not love and charity towards his neighbour. Praise, prayer, and thanksgiving to God, with works of charity and mercy to man, are the sacrifices which every genuine follower of Christ must offer: and they are the proofs that a man belongs to Christ; and he who does not bear these fruits gives full evidence, whatever his creed may be, that he is no Christian.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. But to do good and to communicate forget not , etc..] Which is to be understood, not of doing good works in general, but of acts of beneficence, or communicating to the poor, as the Syriac version renders it: the apostle proceeds to take notice of another sort of sacrifice, which continues under the Gospel dispensation; and that is, alms; which should be attended to: alms should be given, or beneficence be exercised to all men in need, even to our enemies, as well as to our friends and relations; and especially to poor saints, and ministers of the Gospel: and this believers should not forget; which shows that it is a duty of importance; and that men are too apt to neglect it, and should be stirred up unto it: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased ; not that they are meritorious of the favour of God and of eternal life; for what a man gives in a way of charity is but what God has given him, and cannot be profitable to God, though it is to a fellow creature; nor is there any proportion between what is given, and grace and glory which the saints receive; yet doing good in this way, when it is done in faith, springs from love, and is directed to the glory of God, is well pleasing to him; yea, these sacrifices are preferred by him to legal ones, ( Hosea 6:6) and the Jews also say, that greater is he who does alms than (if he offered) all sacrifices f316 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-21 - We must, according to our power, give to the necessities of the soul and bodies of men: God will accept these offerings with pleasure, an will accept and bless the offerers through Christ. The apostle the states what is their duty to living ministers; to obey and submit to them, so far as is agreeable to the mind and will of God, made known in his word. Christians must not think themselves too wise, too good, or too great, to learn. The people must search the Scriptures, and so fa as the ministers teach according to that rule, they ought to receiv their instructions as the word of God, which works in those tha believe. It is the interest of hearers, that the account their ministers give of them may be with joy, and not with grief. Faithfu ministers deliver their own souls, but the ruin of a fruitless an faithless people will be upon their own heads. The more earnestly the people pray for their ministers, the more benefit they may expect from their ministry. A good conscience has respect to all God's commands and all our duty. Those who have this good conscience, yet need the prayers of others. When ministers come to a people who pray for them they come with greater satisfaction to themselves, and success to the people. We should seek all our mercies by prayer. God is the God of peace, fully reconciled to believers; who has made a way for peace an reconciliation between himself and sinners, and who loves peace of earth, especially in his churches. He is the Author of spiritual peac in the hearts and consciences of his people. How firm a covenant is that which has its foundation in the blood of the Son of God! The perfecting of the saints in every good work, is the great thing desire by them, and for them; and that they may at length be fitted for the employment and happiness of heaven. There is no good thing wrought in us, but it is the work of God. And no good thing is wrought in us by God, but through Christ, for his sake and by his Spirit.
Greek Textus Receptus
της 3588 δε 1161 ευποιιας 2140 και 2532 κοινωνιας 2842 μη 3361 επιλανθανεσθε 1950 5737 τοιαυταις 5108 γαρ 1063 θυσιαις 2378 ευαρεστειται 2100 5743 ο 3588 θεος 2316
Vincent's NT Word Studies
16. But to do good and to communicate forget (thv de eupoiiav kai koinwniav mh epilanqanesqe). Lit. but be not forgetful of doing good and communicating. Eupoiia beneficence, N.T.o , o LXX, o Class. For koinwnia communication, of alms, etc., see on Luke v. 10; Acts ii. 42. See also Rom. xv. 26; 2 Cor. viii. 4; ix. 13. Comp. the verb koinwnein to impart, Rom. xii. 13; xv. 27; Philip. iv. 15.
