22 But you have come to (A)Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, (B)the heavenly Jerusalem, and to (C)innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to (D)the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are (E)enrolled in heaven, and to (F)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, (G)the mediator of a new covenant, and to (H)the sprinkled blood (I)that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For (J)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 (K)his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, (L)“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates (M)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 (N)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (O)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:23 Or church

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