Hebrews 12:14-29

14 1Strive for peace with everyone, and for the 2holiness 3without which no one will see the Lord.
15 See to it that no one 4fails to obtain the grace of God; that no 5"root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
16 that no one is 6sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
17 For you know that 7afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

18 For you have not come to 8what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest
19 and 9the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words 10made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.
20 For they could not endure the order that was given, 11"If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned."
21 Indeed, 12so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."
22 But you have come to 13Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, 14the heavenly Jerusalem, and to 15innumerable angels in festal gathering,
23 and to 16the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are 17enrolled in heaven, and to 18God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24 and to Jesus, 19the mediator of a new covenant, and to 20the sprinkled blood 21that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For 22if 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 23his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, 24"Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."
27 This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates 25the 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 26a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus 27let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
29 for our 28God is a consuming fire.

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Cross References 28

  • 1. See Romans 14:19
  • 2. 1 Thessalonians 4:7
  • 3. Matthew 5:8; [2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 5:5; Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:4]
  • 4. Hebrews 4:1; [2 Corinthians 6:1; Galatians 5:4]
  • 5. Deuteronomy 29:18
  • 6. Hebrews 13:4; Genesis 25:33
  • 7. Gen. 27:34, 36, 38
  • 8. Exodus 19:18; Exodus 20:18; Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:22; [2 Corinthians 3:9]
  • 9. Exodus 19:16, 19
  • 10. Exodus 20:19; Deuteronomy 5:5; Deuteronomy 18:16
  • 11. Cited from Exodus 19:12, 13
  • 12. [Exodus 19:16; Deuteronomy 9:19]
  • 13. Revelation 14:1
  • 14. See Galatians 4:26
  • 15. Jude 14
  • 16. [Exodus 4:22]
  • 17. Luke 10:20
  • 18. Genesis 18:25
  • 19. Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:15
  • 20. See Hebrews 10:22
  • 21. Hebrews 11:4; Genesis 4:10
  • 22. See Hebrews 2:3
  • 23. Exodus 19:18
  • 24. Cited from Haggai 2:6; [Haggai 2:21]
  • 25. See Psalms 102:26
  • 26. Daniel 2:44
  • 27. Hebrews 13:15
  • 28. Cited from Deuteronomy 4:24; See 2 Thessalonians 1:8

Footnotes 1

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