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

a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

The firstborn

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, Israel is my firstborn son,

"Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."

but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

Which

But now, if you will forgive their sin--but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written."

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

The spirits

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

General references

And the LORD said to Moses, "List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names.