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Heb_13:16. Exhortation to beneficence. By means of δέ this verse attaches itself to the preceding, inasmuch as over against the Christianly devout mind which expresses itself in words, is placed the Christianly devout mind which manifests itself in deeds.
Τῆς δὲ εὐποιΐας καὶ κοινωνίας μὴ ἐπιλανθάνεσθε ] Of well-doing, moreover (the substantive εὐποιΐα only here in the N. T.; εὖ ποιεῖν , Mar_14:7), and fellowship (i.e. communication of earthly possession, comp. Rom_15:26; 2Co_9:13), be not forgetful (Heb_13:2).
τοιαύταις γὰρ θυσίαις εὐαρεστεῖται ὁ Θεός ] for in such sacrifices God has pleasure.
τοιαύταις ] refers back only to εὐποιΐας καὶ κοινωνίας , not likewise to Heb_13:15 (Theophylact, Schlichting, Bengel, Böhme, Kuinoel, Hofmann, Woerner).
The formula εὐαρεστοῦμαί τινι is elsewhere foreign to the N. T. as to the LXX.; with later Greek writers, however, not unusual.