Heb 2:3
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard {him};
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He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more {shall not} we {escape}, if we turn away from him that {speaketh} from heaven:
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such {things}? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
For the time {is come} that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if {it} first {begin} at us, what shall the end {be} of them that obey not the gospel of God?
{Ye} serpents, {ye} generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. {unbelief: or, disobedience}
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Behold, God {is} my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH {is} my strength and {my} song; he also is become my salvation.
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by {his} Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward {is} with him, and his work before him. {work: or, recompence}
My righteousness {is} near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
This {is} a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. {to the...: or, evermore}
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, {hath...: or, to all men, hath appeared}
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left {us} of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these {things}, he shall not escape.
Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such {is} our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? {isle: or, country}
And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence}
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and {so is} also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: {taking: or, yielding}
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am {he}, ye shall die in your sins.
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by {his} Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and {those} that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
{Ye} serpents, {ye} generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
And it shall come to pass, {that} whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require {it} of him.
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such {is} our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? {isle: or, country}
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated {them} spitefully, and slew {them}.
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
And he that saw {it} bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
And ye are witnesses of these things.
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
And it shall come to pass, {that} every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver {them}. {deliver: Heb. make to be found}
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope {shall be as} the giving up of the ghost. {they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them} {the giving...: or, a puff of breath}
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest {it}, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
But the man that {is} clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
In whom ye also {trusted}, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out {his} vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Because {there is} wrath, {beware} lest he take thee away with {his} stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. {deliver...: Heb. turn thee aside}
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. {have...: Heb. lift up their soul}
{Whereof} the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
And {when} thou {art} spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; {thy} lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. {face: Heb. eyes}
And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision {is} for {many} days.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such {things}? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. {sheep: or, goats}
But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;