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because God

Hebrews 13:1-5 (JDV)

Hebrews 13:1 Let sibling love stay.
Hebrews 13:2 Don’t neglect to show hospitality, because by doing this some have welcomed agents as guests without knowing it.
Hebrews 13:3 Remember those in prison, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.
Hebrews 13:4 The wedding is to be honored by all and the bed kept undefiled because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Hebrews 13:5 Keep your life free from greed. Be satisfied with the things you presently have, because he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.

because God

The reason behind all of these random imperatives is God himself. He will judge those who transgress, and he promises to never leave or abandon us. Believers live the way they do, not simply because they have contracted to obey certain laws, but because God is real, and we demonstrate his reality through our actions.