Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The anonymous author of Hebrews writes to a community showing signs of drifting, sandwiching this exhortation between a warning against a heart of unbelief (3:12) and a statement about holding firm to the end (3:14).

The words — παρακαλεῖτε (parakaleite, "do encourage/exhort") is a present imperative, marking a continuous practice rather than a one-off act. The phrase καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν (kath' hekastēn hēmeran, "each day") pins the action to daily recurrence, echoing the "today" motif that runs through Hebrews 3–4.

The thread — The mutual-exhortation pattern appears in 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Hebrews 10:24, and 2 Timothy 4:2. The "today" language links back to the Psalm 95 citation in Hebrews 3:7–8, where Israel's hardening is the cautionary example.

Why it lands — It treats hardening as a slow, daily process that requires a daily, communal countermeasure; the reader is not left to self-monitor but is placed inside a group that checks on one another each day.

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The Greek words

King James Version

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Cross-references

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Acts 11:23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
James 1:14 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
Obadiah 1:3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
Romans 7:11 For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
Ephesians 4:22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Proverbs 28:26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.