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15:2 MSG
Parallel Verses
  • 新标点和合本 - 并且你们若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所传给你们的,就必因这福音得救。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 你们若能够持守我传给你们的信息,就必因这福音得救,否则你们是徒然相信。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 你们若能够持守我传给你们的信息,就必因这福音得救,否则你们是徒然相信。
  • 当代译本 - 你们若持守我传给你们的,必因这福音而得救——除非你们没有真正相信。
  • 圣经新译本 - 你们若持守我所传给你们的道,就必靠这福音得救,不然就是徒然相信了。
  • 中文标准译本 - 如果你们不是毫无理由地相信,而是持守我所传给你们的话语,你们也就会藉着它得救。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 并且你们若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所传给你们的,就必因这福音得救。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 并且你们若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所传给你们的,就必因这福音得救。
  • New International Version - By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
  • New International Reader's Version - Because you believed the good news, you are saved. But you must hold firmly to the message I preached to you. If you don’t, you have believed it for nothing.
  • English Standard Version - and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  • New Living Translation - It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.
  • Christian Standard Bible - and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
  • New American Standard Bible - by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
  • New King James Version - by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  • Amplified Bible - By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].
  • American Standard Version - by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.
  • King James Version - By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
  • New English Translation - and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.
  • World English Bible - by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  • 新標點和合本 - 並且你們若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所傳給你們的,就必因這福音得救。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 你們若能夠持守我傳給你們的信息,就必因這福音得救,否則你們是徒然相信。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 你們若能夠持守我傳給你們的信息,就必因這福音得救,否則你們是徒然相信。
  • 當代譯本 - 你們若持守我傳給你們的,必因這福音而得救——除非你們沒有真正相信。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 你們若持守我所傳給你們的道,就必靠這福音得救,不然就是徒然相信了。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 如果你們不是毫無理由地相信,而是持守我所傳給你們的話語,你們也就會藉著它得救。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 並且你們若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所傳給你們的,就必因這福音得救。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 爾若守之、而所信非虛、則由之得救、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 爾守吾言、而信不虛、則以福音得救、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾若守我所傳爾者、且爾信不虛、則必以此福音得救矣、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 爾能恪守福音、如吾所傳、則蒙救也必矣。若是而不蒙救者、其惟所信者妄歟?
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Mediante este evangelio son salvos, si se aferran a la palabra que les prediqué. De otro modo, habrán creído en vano.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 만일 여러분이 내가 전한 말을 굳게 지키고 헛되이 믿지 않았으면 그 기쁜 소식으로 여러분은 구원을 받을 것입니다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Она спасительна для вас, если только твердо придерживаетесь того, что я вам возвещал, а иначе ваша вера напрасна.
  • Восточный перевод - Она спасительна для вас, если только твёрдо придерживаетесь того, что я вам возвещал, а иначе ваша вера напрасна.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Она спасительна для вас, если только твёрдо придерживаетесь того, что я вам возвещал, а иначе ваша вера напрасна.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Она спасительна для вас, если только твёрдо придерживаетесь того, что я вам возвещал, а иначе ваша вера напрасна.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - C’est par cet Evangile que vous êtes sauvés si vous le retenez tel que je vous l’ai annoncé ; autrement vous auriez cru en vain.
  • リビングバイブル - もし初めにいい加減な気持ちで信じたのでなく、今もなお堅く信じているのなら、この福音は、あなたがたを救ってくれるのです。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - δι’ οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν εἰ κατέχετε, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ εἰκῇ ἐπιστεύσατε.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - δι’ οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν, εἰ κατέχετε, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ εἰκῇ ἐπιστεύσατε.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Por meio deste evangelho vocês são salvos, desde que se apeguem firmemente à palavra que preguei; caso contrário, vocês têm crido em vão.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Durch diese Botschaft werdet ihr gerettet, vorausgesetzt, ihr bewahrt sie genau so, wie ich sie euch überliefert habe. Sonst glaubt ihr vergeblich und erreicht das Ziel nicht.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhờ Phúc Âm đó, anh chị em được cứu rỗi, nếu cứ giữ vững đức tin trừ ra trường hợp không thật lòng.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้าท่านยึดมั่นในถ้อยคำที่ข้าพเจ้าประกาศแก่ท่าน ท่านก็จะรอดโดยข่าวประเสริฐนี้ มิฉะนั้นท่านก็เชื่อโดยเปล่าประโยชน์
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - หาก​ว่า​ท่าน​ยึดมั่น​ใน​สิ่ง​ที่​ข้าพเจ้า​ประกาศ​แก่​ท่าน ท่าน​ก็​จะ​มี​ชีวิต​รอด​พ้น​เพราะ​ข่าว​ประเสริฐ​นี้ มิฉะนั้น​ความ​เชื่อ​ของ​ท่าน​จะ​ไร้​ประโยชน์
Cross Reference
  • 1 Corinthians 15:12 - Now, let me ask you something profound yet troubling. If you became believers because you trusted the proclamation that Christ is alive, risen from the dead, how can you let people say that there is no such thing as a resurrection? If there’s no resurrection, there’s no living Christ. And face it—if there’s no resurrection for Christ, everything we’ve told you is smoke and mirrors, and everything you’ve staked your life on is smoke and mirrors. Not only that, but we would be guilty of telling a string of barefaced lies about God, all these affidavits we passed on to you verifying that God raised up Christ—sheer fabrications, if there’s no resurrection.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:15 - So, friends, take a firm stand, feet on the ground and head high. Keep a tight grip on what you were taught, whether in personal conversation or by our letter. May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence, put a fresh heart in you, invigorate your work, enliven your speech.
  • Romans 1:16 - It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.”
  • Proverbs 3:1 - Good friend, don’t forget all I’ve taught you; take to heart my commands. They’ll help you live a long, long time, a long life lived full and well.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:1 - Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us. God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped. Don’t put it off; don’t frustrate God’s work by showing up late, throwing a question mark over everything we’re doing. Our work as God’s servants gets validated—or not—in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly . . . in hard times, tough times, bad times; when we’re beaten up, jailed, and mobbed; working hard, working late, working without eating; with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love; when we’re telling the truth, and when God’s showing his power; when we’re doing our best setting things right; when we’re praised, and when we’re blamed; slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted; ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die; immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.
  • Luke 8:13 - “The seeds in the gravel are those who hear with enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm doesn’t go very deep. It’s only another fad, and the moment there’s trouble it’s gone.
  • Hebrews 4:14 - Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let’s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
  • Psalms 106:13 - But it wasn’t long before they forgot the whole thing, wouldn’t wait to be told what to do. They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert, provoked God with their insistent demands. He gave them exactly what they asked for— but along with it they got an empty heart. One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses, also of Aaron, holy priest of God. The ground opened and swallowed Dathan, then buried Abiram’s gang. Fire flared against that rebel crew and torched them to a cinder.
  • Proverbs 6:20 - Good friend, follow your father’s good advice; don’t wander off from your mother’s teachings. Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; wear them like a scarf around your neck. Wherever you walk, they’ll guide you; whenever you rest, they’ll guard you; when you wake up, they’ll tell you what’s next. For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.
  • John 8:31 - Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”
  • 1 Corinthians 1:18 - The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It’s written, I’ll turn conventional wisdom on its head, I’ll expose so-called experts as shams. So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn’t God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered stupid—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.
  • James 2:14 - Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?
  • Hebrews 2:1 - It’s crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we’ve heard so that we don’t drift off. If the old message delivered by the angels was valid and nobody got away with anything, do you think we can risk neglecting this latest message, this magnificent salvation? First of all, it was delivered in person by the Master, then accurately passed on to us by those who heard it from him. All the while God was validating it with gifts through the Holy Spirit, all sorts of signs and miracles, as he saw fit.
  • Hebrews 3:6 - Now, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we’re the house! That’s why the Holy Spirit says, Today, please listen; don’t turn a deaf ear as in “the bitter uprising,” that time of wilderness testing! Even though they watched me at work for forty years, your ancestors refused to let me do it my way; over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked, oh, so provoked! I said, “They’ll never keep their minds on God; they refuse to walk down my road.” Exasperated, I vowed, “They’ll never get where they’re going, never be able to sit down and rest.”
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • 新标点和合本 - 并且你们若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所传给你们的,就必因这福音得救。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 你们若能够持守我传给你们的信息,就必因这福音得救,否则你们是徒然相信。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 你们若能够持守我传给你们的信息,就必因这福音得救,否则你们是徒然相信。
  • 当代译本 - 你们若持守我传给你们的,必因这福音而得救——除非你们没有真正相信。
  • 圣经新译本 - 你们若持守我所传给你们的道,就必靠这福音得救,不然就是徒然相信了。
  • 中文标准译本 - 如果你们不是毫无理由地相信,而是持守我所传给你们的话语,你们也就会藉着它得救。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 并且你们若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所传给你们的,就必因这福音得救。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 并且你们若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所传给你们的,就必因这福音得救。
  • New International Version - By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
  • New International Reader's Version - Because you believed the good news, you are saved. But you must hold firmly to the message I preached to you. If you don’t, you have believed it for nothing.
  • English Standard Version - and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  • New Living Translation - It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.
  • Christian Standard Bible - and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
  • New American Standard Bible - by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
  • New King James Version - by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  • Amplified Bible - By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].
  • American Standard Version - by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.
  • King James Version - By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
  • New English Translation - and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.
  • World English Bible - by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  • 新標點和合本 - 並且你們若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所傳給你們的,就必因這福音得救。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 你們若能夠持守我傳給你們的信息,就必因這福音得救,否則你們是徒然相信。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 你們若能夠持守我傳給你們的信息,就必因這福音得救,否則你們是徒然相信。
  • 當代譯本 - 你們若持守我傳給你們的,必因這福音而得救——除非你們沒有真正相信。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 你們若持守我所傳給你們的道,就必靠這福音得救,不然就是徒然相信了。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 如果你們不是毫無理由地相信,而是持守我所傳給你們的話語,你們也就會藉著它得救。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 並且你們若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所傳給你們的,就必因這福音得救。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 爾若守之、而所信非虛、則由之得救、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 爾守吾言、而信不虛、則以福音得救、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾若守我所傳爾者、且爾信不虛、則必以此福音得救矣、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 爾能恪守福音、如吾所傳、則蒙救也必矣。若是而不蒙救者、其惟所信者妄歟?
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Mediante este evangelio son salvos, si se aferran a la palabra que les prediqué. De otro modo, habrán creído en vano.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 만일 여러분이 내가 전한 말을 굳게 지키고 헛되이 믿지 않았으면 그 기쁜 소식으로 여러분은 구원을 받을 것입니다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Она спасительна для вас, если только твердо придерживаетесь того, что я вам возвещал, а иначе ваша вера напрасна.
  • Восточный перевод - Она спасительна для вас, если только твёрдо придерживаетесь того, что я вам возвещал, а иначе ваша вера напрасна.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Она спасительна для вас, если только твёрдо придерживаетесь того, что я вам возвещал, а иначе ваша вера напрасна.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Она спасительна для вас, если только твёрдо придерживаетесь того, что я вам возвещал, а иначе ваша вера напрасна.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - C’est par cet Evangile que vous êtes sauvés si vous le retenez tel que je vous l’ai annoncé ; autrement vous auriez cru en vain.
  • リビングバイブル - もし初めにいい加減な気持ちで信じたのでなく、今もなお堅く信じているのなら、この福音は、あなたがたを救ってくれるのです。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - δι’ οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν εἰ κατέχετε, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ εἰκῇ ἐπιστεύσατε.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - δι’ οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν, εἰ κατέχετε, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ εἰκῇ ἐπιστεύσατε.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Por meio deste evangelho vocês são salvos, desde que se apeguem firmemente à palavra que preguei; caso contrário, vocês têm crido em vão.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Durch diese Botschaft werdet ihr gerettet, vorausgesetzt, ihr bewahrt sie genau so, wie ich sie euch überliefert habe. Sonst glaubt ihr vergeblich und erreicht das Ziel nicht.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhờ Phúc Âm đó, anh chị em được cứu rỗi, nếu cứ giữ vững đức tin trừ ra trường hợp không thật lòng.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้าท่านยึดมั่นในถ้อยคำที่ข้าพเจ้าประกาศแก่ท่าน ท่านก็จะรอดโดยข่าวประเสริฐนี้ มิฉะนั้นท่านก็เชื่อโดยเปล่าประโยชน์
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - หาก​ว่า​ท่าน​ยึดมั่น​ใน​สิ่ง​ที่​ข้าพเจ้า​ประกาศ​แก่​ท่าน ท่าน​ก็​จะ​มี​ชีวิต​รอด​พ้น​เพราะ​ข่าว​ประเสริฐ​นี้ มิฉะนั้น​ความ​เชื่อ​ของ​ท่าน​จะ​ไร้​ประโยชน์
  • 1 Corinthians 15:12 - Now, let me ask you something profound yet troubling. If you became believers because you trusted the proclamation that Christ is alive, risen from the dead, how can you let people say that there is no such thing as a resurrection? If there’s no resurrection, there’s no living Christ. And face it—if there’s no resurrection for Christ, everything we’ve told you is smoke and mirrors, and everything you’ve staked your life on is smoke and mirrors. Not only that, but we would be guilty of telling a string of barefaced lies about God, all these affidavits we passed on to you verifying that God raised up Christ—sheer fabrications, if there’s no resurrection.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:15 - So, friends, take a firm stand, feet on the ground and head high. Keep a tight grip on what you were taught, whether in personal conversation or by our letter. May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence, put a fresh heart in you, invigorate your work, enliven your speech.
  • Romans 1:16 - It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.”
  • Proverbs 3:1 - Good friend, don’t forget all I’ve taught you; take to heart my commands. They’ll help you live a long, long time, a long life lived full and well.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:1 - Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us. God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped. Don’t put it off; don’t frustrate God’s work by showing up late, throwing a question mark over everything we’re doing. Our work as God’s servants gets validated—or not—in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly . . . in hard times, tough times, bad times; when we’re beaten up, jailed, and mobbed; working hard, working late, working without eating; with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love; when we’re telling the truth, and when God’s showing his power; when we’re doing our best setting things right; when we’re praised, and when we’re blamed; slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted; ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die; immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.
  • Luke 8:13 - “The seeds in the gravel are those who hear with enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm doesn’t go very deep. It’s only another fad, and the moment there’s trouble it’s gone.
  • Hebrews 4:14 - Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let’s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
  • Psalms 106:13 - But it wasn’t long before they forgot the whole thing, wouldn’t wait to be told what to do. They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert, provoked God with their insistent demands. He gave them exactly what they asked for— but along with it they got an empty heart. One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses, also of Aaron, holy priest of God. The ground opened and swallowed Dathan, then buried Abiram’s gang. Fire flared against that rebel crew and torched them to a cinder.
  • Proverbs 6:20 - Good friend, follow your father’s good advice; don’t wander off from your mother’s teachings. Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; wear them like a scarf around your neck. Wherever you walk, they’ll guide you; whenever you rest, they’ll guard you; when you wake up, they’ll tell you what’s next. For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.
  • John 8:31 - Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”
  • 1 Corinthians 1:18 - The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It’s written, I’ll turn conventional wisdom on its head, I’ll expose so-called experts as shams. So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn’t God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered stupid—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.
  • James 2:14 - Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?
  • Hebrews 2:1 - It’s crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we’ve heard so that we don’t drift off. If the old message delivered by the angels was valid and nobody got away with anything, do you think we can risk neglecting this latest message, this magnificent salvation? First of all, it was delivered in person by the Master, then accurately passed on to us by those who heard it from him. All the while God was validating it with gifts through the Holy Spirit, all sorts of signs and miracles, as he saw fit.
  • Hebrews 3:6 - Now, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we’re the house! That’s why the Holy Spirit says, Today, please listen; don’t turn a deaf ear as in “the bitter uprising,” that time of wilderness testing! Even though they watched me at work for forty years, your ancestors refused to let me do it my way; over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked, oh, so provoked! I said, “They’ll never keep their minds on God; they refuse to walk down my road.” Exasperated, I vowed, “They’ll never get where they’re going, never be able to sit down and rest.”
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