Hebrews 6:10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

◄ Hebrews 6:10 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

English Standard Version
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

New American Standard Bible
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.

King James Bible
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints--and you continue to serve them.

International Standard Version
For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.

American Standard Version
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered, and do minister to the saints.

Darby Bible Translation
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

Young's Literal Translation
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

Cross References

Exodus 1:20
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Proverbs 19:17
He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.

Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast your bread on the waters: for you shall find it after many days.

Jeremiah 31:16
Thus said the LORD; Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears: for your work shall be rewarded, said the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Matthew 10:42
And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Matthew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.

Acts 10:4
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms are come up for a memorial before God.

Romans 12:13
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Romans 15:25
But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

1 Thessalonians 1:3
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Jump to Previous

Continue Forget Help Helped Labor Manifested Memory Minister Ministered Overlook Rendered Saints Sake Serve Served Services Serving Shewed Showed Shown Towards True. Unjust Unmindful Unrighteous Work

Jump to Next

Continue Forget Help Helped Labor Manifested Memory Minister Ministered Overlook Rendered Saints Sake Serve Served Services Serving Shewed Showed Shown Towards True. Unjust Unmindful Unrighteous Work

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

6:9,10 There are things that are never separated from salvation; things that show the person to be in a state of salvation, and which will end in eternal salvation. And the things that accompany salvation, are better things than ever any dissembler or apostate enjoyed. The works of love, done for the glory of Christ, or done to his saints for Christ's sake, from time to time, as God gives occasion, are evident marks of a man's salvation; and more sure tokens of saving grace given, than the enlightenings and tastings spoken of before. No love is to be reckoned as love, but working love; and no works are right works, which flow not from love to Christ.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. not unrighteous—not unfaithful to His own gracious promise. Not that we have any inherent right to claim reward; for (1) a servant has no merit, as he only does that which is his bounden duty; (2) our best performances bear no proportion to what we leave undone; (3) all strength comes from God; but God has promised of His own grace to reward the good works of His people (already accepted through faith in Christ); it is His promise, not our merits, which would make it unrighteous were He not to reward His people's works. God will be no man's debtor.

your work—your whole Christian life of active obedience.

labour of love—The oldest manuscripts omit "labor of," which probably crept in from 1Th 1:3. As "love" occurs here, so "hope," Heb 6:11, "faith," Heb 6:12; as in 1Co 13:13: the Pauline triad. By their love he sharpens their hope and faith.

ye have showed—(Compare Heb 10:32-34).

toward his name—Your acts of love to the saints were done for His name's sake. The distressed condition of the Palestinian Christians appears from the collection for them. Though receiving bounty from other churches, and therefore not able to minister much by pecuniary help, yet those somewhat better off could minister to the greatest sufferers in their Church in various other ways (compare 2Ti 1:18). Paul, as elsewhere, gives them the utmost credit for their graces, while delicately hinting the need of perseverance, a lack of which had probably somewhat begun to show itself.