Hebrews 12:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

The general

1 Timothy 3:5

The firstborn

Revelation 14:4

Which

The spirits

General references

Numbers 3:40

Bible References

The general

God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.

Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the Lord with all my heart, among the upright, and in the meeting of the people.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

The firstborn

And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:

Let the first male child of every mother among the children of Israel be kept holy for me, even the first male birth among man or beast; for it is mine.

But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.

And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.

Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

Which

But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.

Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.

And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.

The spirits

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;

And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

General references

And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names.