Hebrews 13:9

Be not carried about. Some are easily influenced by any new or strange teaching. Lacking spiritual discrimination, they are unable to differentiate between truth and error by comparing the new teaching with Scripture. For comment see on Eph. 4:14; Col. 2:4, 8.

Divers. Or, “diverse,” that is, differing from the pure gospel message already received.

Established with grace. That is, so as not to be “carried about” with fads in religion and in theology. The stabilizing power of the grace of Christ is the Christian’s best protection against errant teachings. For comment on “grace” see on Rom. 1:7; 3:24.

Not with meats. That is, “not with foods.” Apparently some, at least, of the religious faddists went beyond the plain teachings of Scripture with respect to diet, and made their dietary scruples a test of faith. For comment on the relationship of diet to religion, and for a warning against fads in diet disguised as religious obligations, see on Rom. 14:17; 1 Tim. 4:3.

Not profited. Even those who so vehemently lauded the value of the dietary fads they advocated had received no practical benefit therefrom. Doubtless, reference is to one or more of the Judaizing factions that troubled the early Christian church, such as the Ebionites and the Nazarenes (see Vol. VI, pp. 53, 54).