Hebrews:12:14-29

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* Run swiftly after peace with all men , and holiness , without which no man shall see the Lord . * Look carefully that there be no one who falls back from the grace of God ; that no root of bitterness springs up to trouble you , and by its means many become defiled . * Take care lest there be any fornicator or scorner like Esau among you , who for one meal sold his birthright . * For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing , he was rejected ; he found no room for repentance , though he sought it earnestly , with tears . * For you are not come to a palpable and enkindled fire , * nor to gloom and darkness and tempest and the blare of a trumpet and an audible voice . Those who heard that voice entreated that no word more should be spoken to them . * For they could not endure that which was enjoined , Even if a wild beast touches the mountain it shall be stoned to death ; * and so terrible was the scene that Moses said , I exceedingly fear and tremble . * On the contrary you are come to Mount Zion , the city of the living God , the heavenly Jerusalem , to innumerable hosts of angels , * to the festal assemblage and church of the firstborn , registered in heaven , to a Judge who is God of all , to the spirits of just men made perfect , * to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant , and to his sprinkled Blood whose message cries louder than that of Abel . * See that you do not refuse him who is speaking . For if they did not escape punishment when they refused to listen to their instructor on earth , much less shall we escape if we turn away from him who is teaching us from heaven ; * whose voice then shook the earth , but now he has promised , saying , Once again , once for all , I make not only earth , but heaven also to tremble . * That phrase , "Once again ," signifies the removal of the things which can be shaken , created things , in order that the things which cannot be shaken may remain . * Wherefore since we are receiving a kingdom which is unshakable , let us give thanks , and so offer acceptable worship to God , with holy awe and fear , * FOR INDEED OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE .

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