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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