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25 See to it that you don’t resist the one who is speaking. If the people didn’t escape when they refused to listen to the one who warned them on earth, how will we escape if we reject the one who is warning from heaven? 26 His voice shook the earth then, but now he has made a promise: Still once more I will shake not only the earth but heaven also.[a] 27 The words “still once more” reveal the removal of what is shaken—the things that are part of this creation—so that what isn’t shaken will remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s continue to express our gratitude.[b] With this gratitude, let’s serve[c] in a way that is pleasing to God with respect and awe, 29 because our God really is a consuming fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:26 Exod 19:18
  2. Hebrews 12:28 Or hold on to grace
  3. Hebrews 12:28 Or offer priestly service

25 Take care blepō not to disregard paraiteomai the ho one who is speaking laleō! For gar if ei those ekeinos did not ou escape ekpheugō when they disregarded paraiteomai the ho one who warned chrēmatizō them on epi earth , how much polys less mallon will we hēmeis, if we ho reject apostrephō the ho one who warns from apo heaven ouranos. 26 At that time tote his hos · ho voice phōnē shook saleuō the ho earth , but de now nyn he has promised epangellomai, “ Yet eti once more hapax will I egō shake seiō not ou only monon the ho earth but alla also kai the ho heaven ouranos.” 27 The ho phrase, · de Yet eti once more hapax,” declares dēloō the ho removal metathesis of ho what can be shaken saleuō that is hōs, created things poieō so that hina what ho cannot be shaken saleuō may remain menō.

28 Therefore dio since we are receiving paralambanō a kingdom basileia that cannot be shaken asaleutos, let us be echō thankful charis, and in dia this way hos worship latreuō God theos in an acceptable manner euarestōs, · ho with meta reverence eulabeia and kai awe deos, 29 for gar indeed kai · ho our hēmeis God theos is a consuming katanaliskō fire pyr.

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