Hebrews 12:28
26 At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
27 The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
29 “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
- KJV
- Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
- WEB
- Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
- ASV
- Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:
- DARBY
- Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear.
- BLB
- Therefore, receiving an unshakable kingdom, we may have grace, by which we may serve God well pleasingly, with reverence and awe.
- ÅB
- Derfor, da vi får et rike som ikke kan ristes, så la oss være takknemlige og derved tjene Gud til hans velbehag, med blygsel og frykt!
- OTB
- Derfor, siden vi mottar et rike som ikke kan rystes, la oss være takknemlige, og dermed tilbe Gud på en måte som er ham til behag, med ærefrykt og respekt,
- B1930
- Derfor, da vi får et rike som ikke kan rystes, så la oss være takknemlige og derved tjene Gud til hans velbehag, med blygsel og frykt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 12:1–2
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Read in contextPsalms 2:11
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Read in contextHebrews 13:15
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Read in contextDaniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
Read in contextHebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Read in contextHebrews 10:22–23
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Read in contextRevelation 1:6
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
Read in context1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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