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Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Hebrews 13:15 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
  • KJV By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
  • NKJV Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
  • NASB Through Him then, let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips praising His name.
  • NLT Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.

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Through Jesus we should continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. Worship and grateful confession are the believer's ongoing offering.

Overview

Since Christ's sacrifice is complete, believers no longer bring animal offerings but instead offer praise to God. This sacrifice is offered 'through him,' for only by Jesus is our worship acceptable. The continual confession of His name expresses a heart shaped by grace and gratitude rather than ritual.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 37

  • Ps 107:21–22Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  • Ps 50:14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
  • Rom 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
  • Ps 145:1–21A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
  • 1 Pet 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Hos 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
  • Eph 5:19–20Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
  • Ps 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
  • Isa 57:19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
  • 2 Chr 33:16Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
  • Rev 5:9–14And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
  • Ps 116:17–19I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
  • Rev 19:1–6After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
  • Lev 7:12If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
  • 2 Chr 7:6The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
  • Ps 69:30–31I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
  • Matt 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
  • Neh 12:43On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
  • Eph 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  • Ps 18:49Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
  • Ps 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
  • Col 3:16–17Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
  • 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
  • Col 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
  • Gen 4:3–4So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
  • Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
  • Rev 7:9–12After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
  • Ps 136:1–26Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Isa 12:1–2In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
  • Heb 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
  • 2 Chr 29:31Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
  • John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
  • Neh 12:40The two thanksgiving choirs then stood in the house of God, as did I, along with the half of the officials accompanying me,
  • Rom 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
  • Luke 10:21At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • Rev 4:8–11And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

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Christ at the center

Hebrews is sustained worship of Christ: better than angels, Moses, and the priests; the great High Priest after Melchizedek who by one sacrifice perfects forever those he saves.

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