“Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.”
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well for the heart to be strengthened by grace (charis), not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who observe them — warning against false teachers (didachē xenos) who emphasize food regulations. Grace (charis) strengthens the heart (kardia), not legalistic observance (brōma). This may reference Judaizing opponents urging return to Kosher restrictions.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 13:9
In these words, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and for ever,” “yesterday” means all the time that is past: “today,” the present: “for ever,” the endless which is to come. That is to say: You have heard of an High Priest, but not an High Priest who fails. He is always the same. As though there were some who said, 'He is not, another will come,' he says this, that He who was “yesterday and today,” is “the same also forever.” For even now the Jews say, that another…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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