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 feared greatly in the council of [the] holy ones, and awesome above all surrounding him?

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with all [my] heart, in [the] assembly of [the] upright and [the] congregation.

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own [Son].

and he subjected all [things] under his feet and gave him [as] head over all [things] to the church,

But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives [should be subject] to their husbands in everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

The firstborn

And you must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Israel [is] my son, my firstborn."

"Consecrate to me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the {Israelites}, among humans and among domestic animals; {it belongs to me}."

But he shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the disliked [wife] {by giving} him a double portion of {all that he has}, for he [is] the firstfruit of his vigor; to him [is] the legal claim of the birthright.

I will also make him [the] firstborn, [the] highest of [the] kings of [the] earth.

With weeping they will come, and with pleas for mercy I will bring them; I will let them walk by streams of water in a straight path. They will not stumble in it, for I have become to Israel a father, and Ephraim, he [is] my firstborn."

[By his] will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These [are] the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from humanity [as] first fruits to God and to the Lamb,

Which

And now if you will forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me from your scroll that you have written."

Let them be blotted out of [the] book of [the] living, and let them not be recorded with [the] righteous.

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

Yes, I ask also you, true yokefellow, help them, who struggled along with me in the gospel with both Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names [are] in the book of life.

And all those who live on the earth will worship him, {everyone whose name is not written} from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.

And if anyone 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 greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.

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

For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.

And just as we have borne the image of the [one who is] made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.

Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.

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

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

General references

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Muster every firstborn male from the {Israelites} from {one month} and above and {count} their names.