25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For (A)if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time (B)his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, (C)“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates (D)the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving (E)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (F)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our (G)God is a consuming fire.

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25 See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers[a] did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape[b] if we turn away from the one who is from heaven! 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven.”[c] 27 The expression “once more”[d] signifies the removal of what can be shaken, that is, what he has made, so that what cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him. 29 For “our God is an all-consuming fire.”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:25 Lit. if they
  2. Hebrews 12:25 The Gk. lacks escape
  3. Hebrews 12:26 Cf. Hag 2:6
  4. Hebrews 12:27 Cf. Hag 2:6
  5. Hebrews 12:29 Cf. Deut 4:24