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Hebrews 12:28-29

HEBREWS—NOTE ON Hebrews 12:28 Acceptable worship includes showing reverence and awe for God’s holiness. It also includes respecting God as a king and a judge to whom alone worship is due (see the context of Deuteronomy 4:24, quoted here).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 28. _WE RECEIVING A KINGDOM_] The Gospel dispensation, frequently termed the _kingdom of God_ and the _kingdom of heaven_, because in it God reigns among men, and he reigns in the hearts of them...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEREFORE WE RECEIVING A KINGDOM WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED - We who are Christians. We pertain to a kingdom that is permanent and unchanging. The meaning is, that the kingdom of the Redeemer is never to p...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Looking away unto Jesus (Hebrews 12:1)_ 2. The Contradiction of sinners (Hebrews 12:3) 3. Chastened as sons (Hebrews 12:5) 4. Exhortations ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The theme of the epistle has been the contrast of the old and the new covenants, and this contrast is now summed up in a splendid closing passage. The first covenant was established on a mount that mi...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    See that you do not refuse to listen to his voice; for if they who refused to listen to the one who brought the oracles of God upon earth did not escape, how much more shall we not escape if we turn a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED. immovable. Greek. _asaleutos._ Only here and Acts 27:41. WHEREBY. by (Greek. _dia_. App-104.Hebrews 12:1; Hebrews 12:1) which. SERVE. Greek. _latreuo._ App-190. acce

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Wherefore_ This splendid strain of comparison and warning ends with a brief and solemn appeal. _let us have grace_ Or "let us feel thankfulness, whereby, &c." _with reverence and godly fear_ Another...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE MERCY AND SUBLIMITY OF THE NEW COVENANT AS CONTRASTED WITH THE OLD (18–24) ENHANCE THE GUILT AND PERIL OF THE BACKSLIDER (25–29)...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    CH. 12. An exhortation to faithful endurance (1–3) and a reminder that our earthly sufferings are due to the fatherly chastisement of God (4–13). The need of earnest watchfulness (14–17). Magnificent...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _RUN TILL THE RACE IS OVER -- HEBREWS 12:23-29:_ The great motivation to run is that we are: (a) A part of the general assembly, (b) Members of the church of the firstborn, (c) Part of an immovable ki...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΆΣΆΛΕΥΤΟΣ (G761) недвижимый, непоколебимый. ΠΑΡΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G3880) принимать, ΈΧΩΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. Используется в выражении ΧΆΡΙΝ ΕΧΩ ...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 2341 GOD TO BE SERVED WITH REVERENTIAL FEAR Hebrews 12:28. _Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence an...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEREFORE, WE RECEIVING A KINGDOM, &C.— _"As therefore we have received such an unshaken kingdom,_ which shall never be removed to make way for any different establishment, and which gives to the fait...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. _Warning. Hebrews 12:25-29_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 12:25-29 Hebrews 12:25 See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused Him that warned them

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST (Hebrews 12:28) We hope that we made clear in the preceding articles the general idea contained in the citation from the O.T. which the apostle made in Hebrews 12:26, namely, th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: RECEIVING - as we do, in sure hope, also in possession...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    22 There is a studied contrast here between the scene presented to the physical eye at Mount Sinai and the prospect of faith in connection with the new covenant. Mount Sinai itself is suggestive of an...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:28 grace, (f-12) Or 'be thankful.' reverence (g-21) Or 'godly fear.' see Note e, ch. 5.7. serve (o-17) _ Latreuo_ , as chs. 9.9; 12.28; 13.10....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LET US HAVE GRACE] RM 'thankfulness'; but cp. Hebrews 12:15....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONTEST. ENDURANCE, HOLINESS, AND DIVINE COMMUNION PROPOSED TO THE SONS OF GOD Inspired by the example of those victorious heroes of faith who now encompass us, we ought to run our race patiently,...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE 12:1-29 JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE 12:1-3 V1 Like a great cloud, there are a lot of *witnesses round us. Let us then...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (18-29) The exhortation to faithfulness is most impressively enforced by means of a comparison between the earlier revelation and that which is given in Christ. THE MOUNT THAT MIGHT BE TOUCHED. — It a...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    RECEIVING A KINGDOM. — These words clearly contain a reference to Daniel 7:18, “The saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom.” Nor can it well be doubted that the closing verses of Haggai 2 a...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XV. MOUNT ZION. "For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    In this paragraph we have the climax of the Epistle. Its doctrine and its exhortation alike culminate here. The great aim of the writer has been to persuade the Hebrews to hearken to the word spoken b...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    A final appeal. The readers are warned against being deaf to God's final revelation, for if even the revelation at Sinai could not with impunity be disregarded, much less can the revelation which has...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    HEARKEN TO GOD'S LATEST WORD Hebrews 12:18 Sinai rocked with earthquake and burned with fire. None might touch it without incurring the death penalty. How much better our Christian heritage! Not a lo...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    After this rapid survey of the past, the writer makes his great appeal. It is that we "consider Him" who is "the Author and Perfecter of faith." The final appeals of the Epistle fall into four sectio...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (15) Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with (m) reverence and godly (n) fear: (15) A general exhortation to live reverentl...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (28) Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: (29) For our God is a consuming fire. In relation to...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The epistle now enters on the practical exhortations that flow from its doctrinal instruction, with reference to the dangers peculiar to the Hebrew Christians - instruction suited throughout to inspir...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEREFORE WE RECEIVING A KINGDOM WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED,.... Not the kingdom of glory; eternal glory is a kingdom, and it is an immovable one; and is a free gift of God, and may be said to be now recei...

  • John Owen’s Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews(7 vols)

    The discourse from hence unto the end of the chapter is of great weight, and accompanied with sundry difficulties, of which expositors do scarcely so much as take notice. Hence many different interpre...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: Ver. 28. _A kingdom which cannot be moved_] As the mighty...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    HEB. 12:27-28. AND THIS (WORD), YET ONCE MORE, SIGNIFIETH THE REMOVING OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SHAKEN, AS OF THINGS THAT ARE MADE, THAT THOSE THINGS WHICH BE SHAKEN MAY REMAIN. WHEREFORE WE RECEIVING...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Wherefore we_ Who believe in Christ; _receiving_ Or _having received_, through the gospel; _a kingdom which cannot be moved_ A dispensation (frequently called the kingdom of God) which shall never be...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Now follows an exhortation which contains, first, and encouragement drawn from the gracious character of the Christian dispensation, as contrasted with the severity of the Mosaic law; secondly, a warn...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    LET US HAVE GRACE; though the grace by which alone we can render acceptable service to God is his gift, yet we are responsible for possessing it, since it is freely offered to all, and all will have i...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WHEREFORE WE, RECEIVING A KINGDOM WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED, LET US HAVE GRACE WHEREBY WE MAY SERVE GOD ACCEPTABLY WITH REVERENCE AND GODLY FEAR;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The need of reverence and godly fear:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    How rightly now Chapter 12 admonishes the saints of God to act by faith; for where faith is in godly exer\-cise, every honorable and true responsibility will be willingly assumed, with the confidence...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    LET US HAVE: Or, let us hold fast...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-29 Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church state was formed, was a mount such as might be touched, though forbidden to be so, a place that could be felt; so the Mosaic dispensation was much in out...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHEREFORE WE RECEIVING A KINGDOM WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED: in this verse the apostle follows his doctrine with counsel to several duties; such as concern the first table, and terminate on God, in this an...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Hebrews 12:28 Therefore G1352 receiving G3880 (G5723) kingdom G932 shaken G761 have G2192 (G5725) grace G5485 which

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, may we have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.' At Sinai Israel re...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Hebrews 12:28. WHEREFORE, WE RECEIVING AS WE DO A KINGDOM THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN, LET US BE THANKFUL (or have grace), AND THEREBY SERVE GOD ACCEPTABLY (well-pleasingly) WITH GODLY REVERENCE AND FEAR. T...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Hebrews 12:18-29. All these warnings become the more impressive from the fact that our economy is one of much greater privilege than the previous, and that it is the last revelation which God will giv...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    WHEREFORE (διο). Ground for loyalty to Christ and for calm trust in God.THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN (ασαλευτον). Old compound with alpha privative and the verbal adjective from σαλευω just used. In N.T...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    GRACE Grace (imparted). (Hebrews 12:15); (Hebrews 12:28); (Hebrews 13:9); (Romans 6:1); ...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Hebrews 12:28 The Religion of the Day. In every age of Christianity, since it was first preached, there has been what may be called a religion of the world, which so far imitates the one true religio...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Hebrews 12:28 The Immovable Kingdom. Consider the immobility of the kingdom which we receive and the service which citizenship in this kingdom requires. I. The immovable character of the kingdom of...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Hebrews 12:18 Mount Sinai and Mount Zion. In this passage are mentioned seven great and solemn heavenly realities. I. Mount Zion. Mount Sinai represents the law. It manifests the majesty of God abov...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    L, 2. _Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    After giving a long list of the heroes of faith, the apostle adds: Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The Father's chastening of believers and its purpose. The difference between living under law and under grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Esau, Moses, Abel. CONCLUSION: Christians have a race...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Hebrews 12:1. _Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses._ Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course, and...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    BECAUSE WE RECEIVE A KINGDOM. This is the language of Daniel 7:18. Christ's church = the Kingdom of heaven = the Kingdom of God. See notes on Matthew 16:18-19; Matthew 19:28;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 12:29. CONSUMING FIRE.— Deuteronomy 4:24. Not intended as in any sense a description of God, but “an anthropomorphic way of expressing His hatred of apostasy an...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The exhortation, begun at Hebrews 10:19, but interrupted at Hebrews 11:1. I by the chapter on faith, is now taken up again with increased force from the array of examples that have been add...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now to Hebrews, chapter 12. Wherefore, seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1), What this does not mean is that the Old Testament saints, wh...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 2:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Therefore let us, receiving — By willing and joyful faith. A kingdom — More glorious than the present heaven and earth. Hold fast the grace, whereby we may serve God — In every thought, word, and work...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. That the apostle calls the dispensation of the gospel, A KINGDOM THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN, in opposition to the law, which was an imperfect and alterable dispensation; the gospel-revelat...

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