“And I beseech you brethren, suffer the word of exhortation, for I haue written a letter vnto you in few words.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
- King James Version
But I urge you, brethren, bear with this word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written unto you in few words.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.
- Basic English Bible
But I beseech you, brethren, bear the word of exhortation, for it is but in few words that I have written to you.
- Darby Bible
And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter to you in few words.
- Webster's Bible
Bear with me, brethren, when I thus exhort you; for, in fact, it is but a short letter that I have written to you.
- Weymouth Bible
But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
- World English Bible
And, britheren, Y preie you, that ye suffre a word of solace; for bi ful fewe thingis Y haue writun to you.
- Wycliffe Bible
And I entreat you, brethren, suffer the word of the exhortation, for also through few words I have written to you.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Hebrews 13:22
13:22 Suffer the word of exhortation - Addressed to you in this letter, which, though longer than my usual letters, is yet contained in few words, considering the copiousness of the subject.
People's Bible Notes for Hebrews 13:22
Heb 13:22 Suffer the word of exhortation. Though the epistle in part is argumentative, even the argument is used to point the exhortation. For I have written a letter unto you in a few words. Few with what might be said on such great themes.