13:16
Worshipping and praising God is also intensely practical. So here the writer urges his hearers to “do good”, and to “share with others”. The world can seek to suffocate us at times, we can forget to do good, and we can become so self-absorbed that we don’t think of others. This is not God’s way. He is pleased when we do good and do think of others, and act on this.
13:17
“Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority”. If we are led by godly men we can have confidence in them. Their leadership will go against the teachings of the world. If our leaders are teaching in the spirit of the world, then we can have no confidence in them at all, for they will lead us nowhere good. But if their leading is in line with God’s word we can trust them, even if this puts us against the world. They are then acting as God’s shepherds and we should submit to them. Their job is difficult, and we should not seek to make it any more difficult, but instead seek to make it a joy for them.
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