Hebrews 13:1-25

Hebrews 13:1 and 2:

^13:1Brotherly-love must remain. ^.2You must not forget the love-to-strangers, for by means of this some-people un-noticed having lodged angels as-guests.

Brotherly-love is a friendly and brotherly kind of love. All holy-people (Christians) are to manifest this love towards each other because all of us are brothers in the holy spirit category; all of us are children of God with the same holy spirit-life within each one of us. It is imperative that brotherly-love presently and actively remains (stays, continues, abides).

You must not cause yourselves to forget (to willingly escape to place notice resting or based on, to cease to pay attention to, to disregard)…

the love-to-strangers (being hospitable towards strangers, guests, foreigners, love those who are not immediate family members with the brotherly or friendly kind of love).

In truth, by means of (through) this brotherly love to strangers some people un-noticed when they lodged angels as guests. Some people did not notice (it by-passed their minds’ knowledge) that those whom they were receiving into their company as guests were angels. Examples of this were: Abraham and Sarah, Lot, Manoah, and Gideon. They did not know that they were being hospitable towards angels until later.

In verses 1 and 2 the words translated “brotherly love” and “love to strangers” include the same root word in Greek philo meaning brotherly love. In verse 2 the words translated “love to strangers” and “lodged as guests” include the same root word in Greek xenos which basically means “stranger” and can also be translated as “guest” or “host” in English depending on the context. It is also interesting that the words translated “forget” and “un-noticed” have the same root word lanth in Greek.

[Reference: Genesis chapter 18, 19:1-26; Judges 6:11-24, chapter 13; Matthew 25:34-40; Romans 12:10 and 13; I Thessalonians 4:9; I Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8; Hebrews chapter 1, 6:10; I Peter 1:22, 3:8, 4:9; II Peter 1:7.]

Verse 3:

^.3You must remember the prisoners as having been bound-together², the (prisoners) being badly-treated, as also yourselves being in (the) body.

Remind yourselves of the prisoners (call those who are bound to your minds, recollect the holy-people who are in bonds)…

as you having been bound and staying bound together with them (tied-up, fastened in conjunction with them),

…the prisoners who are presently being badly treated (having badness inflicted on them)…

as also yourselves presently being in the body (in the same body).

All holy-people are limbs (members) of the one spiritual body of Christ.

[Reference: Matthew 25:36; Romans 12:4 and 5; I Corinthians 10:17, 12:12-27; Galatians 6:17; Ephesians 1:22 and 23, 3:4-6, 4:4 and 12-16, 5:23 and 30; Philippians 1:7; Colossians 1:18 and 24, 2:17-19, 3:15, 4:18; II Timothy 2:9; Hebrews 10:34, 11:25, 36 and 37.]

Verse 4:

^.4Marriage (must be) honorable among all-people and the (marriage) bed (must be) unstained, for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

Marriage (the union binding a man and a woman together as husband and wife) must be honorable (should be esteemed of value, held in honor, deemed of worthy price, prized) in or among all holy-people…

and the marriage bed must be unstained (the place of lying down, referring to the sexual activity of those who are married, should not be tainted, not tinged, without being colored with something else).

In truth, God will judge (make His decision passing sentence regarding)…

fornicators (people who carry out wrongful sexual activity/relations) and
adulterers (married-people who have sexual relations with someone other-than his/her spouse).

[Reference: Matthew 22:1-14; I Corinthians 5:9-13, 6:9, and chapter 7; Ephesians 5:5 and 21-33; I Timothy 1:10, 4:3, 5:14; Hebrews 7:26, 12:16.]

Verses 5 and 6:

^.5(Your) manner (must be) without-loving-silver, being sufficient with the-things being present, for He said², “I may never leave you up and I may never leave you down-in (a state)” ^.6so-as-for us being courageous to say, “(The) Lord (is) a Helper to me and I will not be caused-to-fear what man will do to me.”

The manner (method, mode, turn) of your behavior during your everyday lives must be without loving silver coins (you should not be people who love money with the brotherly or friendly kind of love), but you should be being sufficient (adequate, satisfied with enough and being strong to ward-off anything contrary) with/by the things being present (the things that are at hand during the present time, the things that are now being near-by or beside you).

In truth, emphatically He (God Himself) said and continues said (He has not withdrawn His statement – it is still applicable today)…

“I may never leave you up (not at any time would I send you up/back from Me, let you go, give up on you; there is a double negative here to emphasize the truth that God will NOT leave any one of us in the sense of slackening or relaxing His hold of anyone so as to untie the connection and send you from Him)
and I may never leave you down-in a state (not at any time would I leave you behind in a state or situation remaining where you are; again there is a double negative here to emphasize the truth that God will NOT leave anyone down somewhere and He goes from you)”

…with the consequence and result that we are courageous (warmly confident) to say…

“The Lord is a Helper to me (God is the One Who runs to help me, advances to aid and support me)
and I will not be caused to fear what man will do to me (I will not be made fearful, in terror, caused to be afraid of/by something that mankind, anything that issues from man’s power and authority, will do to me from this time forward).”

When the word “Lord” (the Greek word kurios) is used of God, it emphasizes and confirms the validity and authenticity of God’s lordship, dominion and authority, plus the respectful submission due to Him. Also, this word is used in Greek as a translation for the Hebrew word Jehovah (Yahweh) and refers to God in His covenant-relationship to that-which He created.

[Reference: Genesis 28:15; Deuteronomy 31:6-8; Joshua 1:5; I Chronicles 28:20; Psalm 118:6; II Corinthians 4:9, 6:2; I Timothy 3:3, 6:8 and 10; Hebrews 10:25.]

Verses 7-9:

^.7You must remember the (holy-people) leading you, the-people-who uttered-forth the word of God to you, whose outcome of behavior viewing-up-with-attention; you must imitate the belief; ^.8Jesus Christ yesterday and today (is) the same and into the ages; ^.9you must not be carried-along by variegated and strange teachings; for (it is) a beautiful-thing (for) the heart to be made-firm with grace, not with foods in which the (people) walking were not profited.

You must remember the holy-people leading you (call to your minds and have in memory, be mindful of those who are presently functioning as leaders presiding over matters among you)…

emphatically and specifically the people who uttered-forth the word of God to you (who spoke the account of the inner-thoughts of God to you; these include those who are living today and those written about in Hebrews 1:2, 2:1-4, and 11:1-12:2),

…viewing-up the outcome of their behavior with-attention (eagerly viewing and contemplating in your mind the way that these people conducted their lives, their mode of living, their way of turning-up, their manner of moving-about during everyday living, including the end or issue of their lives).

You must imitate the belief (mimic the belief, follow the example of those who lived or live their lives in accordance with the information that God makes known to have confidence-in with assured certainty and surety).

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and into the ages. Emphatically Jesus Christ is himself, the same one, he did-not change while living his life during the past, and he does-not change while living his life at the present time, and he will-not change while living his life at a future time throughout the durations of lifetimes to come, forever, for eternity.

What is the context? Leading – uttering forth the word of God – outcome of behavior – imitate – the belief.

Jesus Christ’s purpose and intention does not change. This is not indicating that Jesus Christ was alive before he was born by Mary his mother! Throughout this writing of Hebrews we read regarding Jesus Christ’s behavior, including who he was before he died, and what God caused him to become when God raised him up from among the rest of the dead-people. Jesus, who is the Christ, is the man who accomplished salvation for mankind, and he did it by hearing and believing and obeying what God told him to say and do. Jesus walked (behaved) as God instructed him, including death on the cross and burial, plus he is now alive because God raised him up from-among the rest of the dead-people giving him his spiritual body, and he continues to walk as God instructs him. Refer to Hebrews 1:3 and 4; 2:8-10 and 14-18; 4:14 and 15; 5:5-10; 6:19 and 20; 7:14-16 and 21-28; 8:6; 9:11-15 and 24; 10:9-13; 12:2 and 24; including verses 12-15, 20 and 21 below in this chapter.

You must not be carried along (brought aside from where you are to being beside another, don’t be lead astray, brought the wrong way) by/with/in…

variegated (manifold, various) and
strange (foreign)

…teachings (authoritative instructions, the contents of what is taught, doctrines).

In truth, it is a beautiful-thing (it has a manifested decorous, harmonious, and acceptable goodness) for the heart to be made firm (caused to be sure, steady, definite)…

with/by/in grace,
not with foods (for eating)
- in which foods the people walking were not profited (those behaving within the cause and sphere of action of these foods were not benefited, not advantaged).

The word "heart" literally means: the organ which keeps the fleshy body alive by circulating the blood; but figuratively it means: the center or core of a person's being, the seat of his whole personal self and life.

Grace is what is freely bestowed without any merit on the recipient's part; it includes reference to the attitude and quality of the one giving something favorable to another. Grace is not bestowed because somebody deserves a wage that is owed for something they said or did, nor because they begged so hard, nor because they forced the giver to give! Grace is bestowed because the giver wants to give by his own freedom of will to the recipient - it is completely unmerited favor from the giver to the recipient.

The verb “walking” literally means: to move the feet around, go on foot; and figuratively it means: to walk around during the everyday living of a person’s life, to behave or conduct oneself.

[Reference: Genesis 3:15; Matthew 2:6; Acts 10:1-11:18, 14:12, 15:22; Romans 1:3 and 4, 4:16, 6:4, 8:4, 14:14-18, 15:8-13; I Corinthians 1:4-8, 4:14-17, 7:17, 10:13, 11:1, and chapter 15; II Corinthians 1:21 and 22, 5:7, 16 and 17; Ephesians 1:19-23, 2:8-10, 5:1 and 2; Philippians 1:7, 2:5-11, 3:17, 20 and 21; Colossians 2:6, 7 and 16; I Thessalonians 1:6, 2:14, 4:1; II Thessalonians 3:7-9; I Timothy 4:12; II Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 2:9, 4:2, 12 and 16, 7:24, 9:10, 10:29, 12:2, 15 and 28.]

Verses 10-16:

^.10We have a sacrificial-altar – out-from which the (priests) rendering-service in the tent do not have authority to eat.

^.11For the blood concerning sin of which living-beings is carried into the Holies by means of the chief-priest, the bodies of these (living-beings) are burned-down outside the enclosure.

^.12On-which-account also Jesus, in order that he may make the people holy by means of (his) own blood, suffered outside the enclosure.

^.13So-now let us go-out towards him outside the enclosure carrying the reproach of him, ^.14for we do not have here a remaining city but the (city) being about to (come) we earnestly-seek-after.

^.15By means of him let us offer-up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, this is: (the) fruit of lips expressing-agreement (regarding) His name.

^.16But you must not forget the well-doing and the sharing-in-common, for God is well-pleased with sacrifices of-this-kind.

We holy-people have a sacrificial-altar (an altar on-which to offer sacrifices to God according to His instructions). We partake of our sacrificial-altar.

The priests rendering service in the tent (performing or carrying-out service within the covering or sheltering structure introduced via Moses relevant to the old covenant)…

do not have authority (authoritative power, permitted right)
- to eat out-from our sacrificial-altar.

Why not? In truth…

the blood concerning sin, the blood which is shed from killing the living-beings, is carried (brought) into the Holies by means of the chief-priest (refer to Hebrews chapter 9),
the bodies of these living-beings are burned-down (we may say “burned-up”) outside the enclosure (on the outside of the encampment where the people were living).

The priests who lived their lives according to the old covenant were not allowed to eat the flesh or drink the blood of the sin offering placed upon the altar on-which the offering of living-beings, such as animals or birds, were killed. This sin offering was killed shedding its blood in the place of the people because of the people’s sin against God. These sacrifices were temporary solutions and so they had to be repeated.

On account of this also Jesus…

for the purpose and result that he would make the people holy (sanctify the mass of people collectively as one unit, cause them to become holy, setting people apart from the state of being common, defiled or unclean against God)
- by means of his own blood (through the blood belonging to himself),

…suffered outside the enclosure (he experienced, was affected-by death outside of the city of Jerusalem at Calvary [many Greek texts have the word “gate” instead of “enclosure” which would also refer to his death taking place outside of the city of Jerusalem]). Refer also to Hebrews chapters 9 and 10 for details. This sacrifice was the permanent solution.

Accordingly then at the present time let us go-out towards Jesus outside the enclosure (this is a polite command or a very strong suggestion advising us holy-people to come out from the old Jerusalem encampment moving in Jesus’ direction so as to be with him – Jesus is NOT within the presently-day location called Jerusalem, nor is he still hanging on the cross dying or dead, but he is now alive having received his new spiritual body and he is sitting at God’s right-hand side on the throne in God’s presence, and so we must go towards him)…

carrying the reproach of him (bearing the defamation, the insult relative-to and pertaining-to Jesus).

Why do we go outside the enclosure towards him, even though while we do that we experience the reproach of Jesus from others?

For we do not have here a remaining city (we holy-people do NOT presently have here on earth a city that will continue staying on earth; a “city” is a town that is walled, fortified, it provides protection to those dwelling within it – we don’t have one on earth at the present time)
but contrary to our not having a remaining city on earth – we earnestly seek after the city being about to come (we presently, actively, and intensely look for the city that is on the point of coming, arriving, it has not come yet but it is about to come into being). The old and present-day city of Jerusalem will be destroyed and replaced with the new heavenly Jerusalem. All holy-people including our Lord Jesus Christ are waiting to enter into the new Jerusalem which God will cause to descend from heaven to earth (Revelation chapters 21 and 22).

By means of Jesus let us offer-up (through Jesus we should presently bring, carry, bear upwards)…

a sacrifice of praise (of applause, acclaim – not a dead sacrifice! – but a sacrifice of praise)
- continually (through all, throughout everything, all the time)
  - to God,
this is (an explanation of this ‘sacrifice of praise’ is):
the fruit of lips (the produce of lips, words are produced out through our lips as being the outer gates of the mouth – lips which are)…
- expressing agreement regarding/with (saying the same thing, speaking the same words, speaking agreement with, assenting to)
  - His name (God’s name, referring to the fullness of everything involved with Himself, all that He is and will continue to be, all of His authoritative-power, ability, workings, etc, His distinguishing and distinctive constitution, character, and quality).

By means of Jesus let us offer-up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, this is: the fruit of lips expressing agreement regarding His name. It is interesting to notice that the Greek word phero is the root of the words translated above as: carried-along (verse 9), carried (verse 11), carrying (verse 13), and offered-up (verse 15).

But you must not cause yourselves to forget (to willingly escape to place notice resting or based on, to cease to pay attention to, to disregard)…

the well-doing (the performance of what is good) and
the sharing-in-common (the partaking of/in/with the same-thing, the participation and communion you have with other holy-people of what is common to all),

…for God is well-pleased with sacrifices of this sort (such sacrifices are goodly agreeable, acceptable, and gratifying to/with God).

[Reference: Exodus 3:13-15, 6:2-8, 23:20 and 21, 29:14, 33:7; Leviticus 4:1-21, 6:30, 16:27; Isaiah 57:19; Hosea 14:2 and 8b; Matthew 5:11, 15:8, 16:21, 27:33 and 44; Luke 2:13 and 14; John 6:27-69; Acts 2:42 and 47, 3:8, 17:3, 26:18; Romans 1:3, 4 and 9, 3:25, 8:1-18, 10:4, 9 and 10, 12:1, 2 and 13, 14:11 and 18, 15:3, 9-11, 16, 26 and 27; I Corinthians 1:9, 5:7 and 8, 6:11, 9:13, 10:15-18, 11:23-30, 12:10, 14:15, 21, and 26; II Corinthians 8:4, 9:13, 13:13; Galatians 2:9, chapters 3 and 4, 6:6; Ephesians 1:7 and 19-23, 2:10 and 13-18, 3:14-19, 5:2, 18-20 and 26; Philippians 1:5, 2:1 and 11, 3:3 and 20, 4:15 and 18; Colossians 2:9-17, 3:16 and 17; I Timothy 6:1 and 18; Hebrews 1:1-3, 2:11, 12 and 14, 3:1, 4:14-16, 5:7 and 8, 6:10, 19 and 20, 7:13, 14 and 27, 8:1 and 2, chapter 9, 10:1-29 and 33, 11:5-16 and 26-28, 12:2, 22-24, and 28; I Peter 2:24, 4:14; Revelation 19:5-7, and chapters 21 and 22.]

Verse 17:

^.17You must be persuaded by the (holy-people) leading you and you must yield, for they are sleepless on behalf of your souls as (they will be) giving-away a word, in order that they may do this with joy and not groaning for this (is) not-beneficial to you.

You must be persuaded (convinced) by the holy-people leading you (as verse 7 above) and you must yield (give way under their authority of speaking the word of God to you)…

for emphatically they are sleepless on behalf of your souls (they themselves watch, spend many wakeful nights in the interests of your physical lives, your everyday living evidenced by your breathing)
as in the future they will be giving away a word from themselves (a spoken-account concerning their leadership),

…for the purpose and result that those leading you would do this with joy (would perform their function in company and association with rejoicing) and not groaning (not sighing in distress) for this is not beneficial to you (this kind of behavior is not advantageous for you, it will not better you; if you cause them to groan you will not be paid back what would have been available for you if you had behaved yourselves).

[Reference: Matthew 2:6, 12:36; Luke 16:2; Acts 19:40; Romans 2:6, 14:12; II Corinthians 2:3, 5:10, 12:15; Galatians 2:5; Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 2:2 and 11, 4:1; II Timothy 4:8; I Peter 4:5; Revelation 22:12.]

Verses 18 and 19:

^.18You must pray concerning us, for we are persuaded that we have a beautiful conscience intending to behave beautifully in all-things, ^.19but I encourage more-exceedingly to do this in order that I may be restored quickly to you.

You must pray concerning us (communicate to/with God about myself and those with me), for we are persuaded (convinced) that we have a beautiful conscience…. The word “conscience” means: a person’s knowing-awareness, the perception of what is right which he put together for himself in his mind as a result of all that he has already been taught and learned in relation to the one whom he recognizes as his ruler, the one who has authority, ultimately this authority should be the only true God.

We are persuaded that we have a beautiful conscience…

intending to behave beautifully in all things (we are willing to have our mode of living, our manner of moving-about, our way of turning-up during everyday living, in a manner that has a manifested decorous, harmonious and acceptable goodness in everything).

But I encourage (I exhort, call you beside me, as a concerned father and/or mother would call their children close to them under their arms so as to help them to do what is right)…

more-exceedingly (more abundantly, more than above the measure already attained)
to do this (to pray)
for the purpose and result that I may be restored quickly to you (I would be reestablished, reinstated, be put back into my former state, receive complete restitution, speedily or with-swiftness to be with you again).

[Reference: Acts 23:1; Romans 15:30; II Corinthians 1:12; I Timothy 3:9 and 15; I Thessalonians 5:25; II Thessalonians 3:1; Hebrews 9:14, 10:22.]

Verses 20 and 21:

^.20But may the God of the peace – the (One) having led-up out-from dead-people the shepherd of the sheep, the great (shepherd), in (the) blood of (the) eternal covenant: our Lord Jesus – ^.21fully-equip you in all good with-a-view to do His intention, doing it in us, the well-pleasing (intention) before Him by means of Jesus Christ; to Whom (is) the glory into the ages, with-certainty.

Paul writes his prayerful desire towards God regarding the holy-people: may it be that the God of the peace (God Who is the author of the peace and from Whom His peace emanates)….

Peace is tranquil harmony, tranquility, peaceful wholeness, being without any strife or disagreement. All holy-people already have God's peace spiritually because all of us have received the gift of holy spirit, but we need God's help in the walk/behavior category so as to live accordingly no matter what is going on around us at any time.

But may the God of the peace…

– the One Who has led (directed, conducted, conveyed, brought) the shepherd of the sheep up out-from dead-people (God has already raised the shepherd of the sheep up from among those who remain dead; the word “sheep” figuratively refers to all the holy-people),
- emphatically and specifically the great shepherd (the shepherd who is large in importance, magnitude, degree, quality, eminence, magnificence; the shepherd takes care of and protects his people, he exercises the whole office of a shepherd which involves not only feeding with the Word of God, but also leading and guiding and guarding, etc, as a shepherd takes care of his flock of sheep),
in the blood of the eternal covenant (within the sphere of action and cause of the blood that was shed in the making of the binding-agreement that will last for the duration of his life, the lifelong, agelong, everlasting covenant):
- our Lord Jesus (the Master of us, Jesus; our Lord Jesus is the great shepherd) –

…fully-equip you in all good (may the God of peace put you down in a fitting straight/right order, frame you together, fit you out in every good-thing; God is the One Who issues His goodness and He sets the standard to be conformed to by others)…

with-a-view to do His intention (into/for the purpose of you performing God’s will, His active volition and desire),

…doing it in us (God is presently and actively performing His intention within us)…

emphatically and specifically the well-pleasing intention (the intention that is goodly agreeable, acceptable and gratifying) in His sight or presence
by means of (through) Jesus Christ;

…to Whom is the glory (the glory belongs-to and is due-to God, He should be given the ultimate importance, splendor and renown)…

into the ages (for all the durations of life, for eternity, forever),
with-certainty (amen, truly, surely!).

[Reference: Isaiah 63:11; Matthew 9:36, 19:17, 26:28; John chapter 10; Acts 8:32, 20:28; Romans 3:25, 8:36, 10:7-10, 11:36, 12:1 and 2, 15:33, 16:20 and 27; I Corinthians 11:23-26, 12:3b; II Corinthians 9:8; Galatians 1:3-5; Ephesians 1:7, 2:10, 4:11-13, 5:10; Philippians 4:9 and 18; Colossians 1:9, 10, 20, 3:20; I Thessalonians 5:23; II Timothy 3:16 and 17; Philemon 1:6; Hebrews chapters 9 and 10, 12:24; I Peter 1:19, 2:25, 5:4 and 10; I John 1:7.]

Verses 22-25:

^.22But I encourage you, brothers, you must hold-yourselves-up-with the word of the encouragement, for also by means of short (words) I sent to you. ^.23You know our brother Timothy, having been loosened², with whom if-ever he may come quickly I will see you. ^.24You must greet the (holy-people) leading you. The (holy-people) from Italy greet you. ^.25(May) the grace (be) with all of you.

I encourage (exhort) you, brothers…. Paul again encourages those to whom he is writing (as in verse 19 above), and he reminds them that all holy-people are brothers in the holy spirit category because we have all received holy spirit-life and God is our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ is our brother (refer to Hebrews 2:11, 12 and 17, 3:1 and 12, 10:19).

I encourage you, brothers…

you must hold yourselves in an upright position (it is imperative that you put up with and endure what I am teaching you now in this letter, sustain yourselves) relative to
- the word of the encouragement (the spoken account, the collection of words of the exhortation, as a concerned father or mother would invite their children close to them to help them to do what is right),

…for also by means of short words I sent to you (through a small amount, little, few words I sent to you, referring to this writing, epistle, letter, even though the verb “sent” can also refer to sending words via a person speaking them to others).

You personally know our brother Timothy who was loosened and continues loose (unbound, released, let go), in company and association with whom, if it should happen that he would come quickly (speedily, with swiftness), I will see you (perceive you with my eyes). We should notice that Timothy is specifically called “our brother” because he also had the same holy spirit within him; he was a holy-person now, even though his background was both Judean and Gentile biologically (refer to Acts 16:1-3). Paul was intending to travel with Timothy to the holy-people in the area of Jerusalem.

You must greet (draw to yourselves, salute) the holy-people leading you (refer to verses 7 and 17 above). [Some Greek texts also include the words “and all the holy-people.”]

The holy-people from Italy greet you.

Paul closes this writing by expressing this prayerful desire: may it be that the grace (the unmerited or undeserved favor which is the grace from God and the Lord Jesus Christ) is in company and association with all of you during the everyday living of your lives.

All holy-people have the same holy spirit-life, which is the spirit of Christ within us, and it is via this holy spirit that God and our Lord Jesus Christ extend their grace to us as we walk/behave ourselves according to God’s will.

[Reference: Acts 13:15-41, 17:13-16, 18:2 and 5; I Corinthians 4:12; II Corinthians 1:1-7, 7:4-13, 11:1; Colossians 1:1; I Thessalonians 3:2; II Thessalonians 1:4; I Timothy 4:13; II Timothy 4:3; Philemon 1:1; Hebrews 11:32, 12:5-7; II Peter 3:15. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (²) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]

It is interesting to notice that this last chapter of Hebrews includes many details that Paul taught orally (as recorded in the Book of Acts chapters 9-28) and that he wrote about during his lifetime (in the letters of Romans – II Timothy, including chapters 1-12 of this writing of Hebrews).

(May) the grace (be) with you.