22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the [a]general assembly and church of (A)the firstborn (B)who are registered in heaven, to God (C)the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men (D)made perfect, 24 to Jesus (E)the Mediator of the new covenant, and to (F)the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things (G)than that of Abel.

Hear the Heavenly Voice

25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For (H)if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, (I)“Yet once more I [b]shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the (J)removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we [c]may (K)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For (L)our God is a consuming fire.

Concluding Moral Directions

13 Let (M)brotherly love continue. (N)Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing (O)some have unwittingly entertained angels. (P)Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.

(Q)Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; (R)but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:23 festal gathering
  2. Hebrews 12:26 NU will shake
  3. Hebrews 12:28 M omits may

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