20 For (A)our [a]citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly (B)wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

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  1. Philippians 3:20 Lit commonwealth

20 But our citizenship(A) is in heaven.(B) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(C)

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

The Unshaken Kingdom

25 (M)See to it that you do not refuse Him who is (N)speaking. For (O)if those did not escape when they (P)refused him who (Q)warned them on earth, [b]much less will we escape who turn away from Him who (R)warns us from heaven. 26 And (S)His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “(T)Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” 27 This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes (U)the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we receive a (V)kingdom which cannot be shaken, let’s [c]show gratitude, by which we may (W)offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; 29 for (X)our God is a consuming fire.

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  1. Hebrews 12:22 Or angels in festive gathering, and to the church
  2. Hebrews 12:25 Lit much rather we will not escape...
  3. Hebrews 12:28 Lit have

22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(A) to the city(B) of the living God,(C) the heavenly Jerusalem.(D) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,(E) whose names are written in heaven.(F) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(G) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(H) 24 to Jesus the mediator(I) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(J) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(K)

25 See to it that you do not refuse(L) him who speaks.(M) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(N) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(O) 26 At that time his voice shook the earth,(P) but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[a](Q) 27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken(R)—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,(S) let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,(T) 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[b](U)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:26 Haggai 2:6
  2. Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24