Hebrews 2:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;

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  • Luke 1:2 : 2 Just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And having been made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him;
  • Heb 10:28-29 : 28 Anyone who despised Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
  • 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
  • Titus 2:11 : 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Acts 4:12 : 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
  • Rom 2:3 : 3 And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?
  • Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.
  • Isa 51:5 : 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation has gone forth, and my arms will judge the people; the islands will wait upon me, and on my arm they will trust.
  • Isa 62:11 : 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
  • Ezek 17:15 : 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered?
  • Ezek 17:18 : 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand and has done all these things, he shall not escape.
  • Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?
  • Mark 1:14 : 14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
  • Mark 16:15-20 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned. 17 And these signs shall follow those who believe: In my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 So then after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
  • Isa 51:8 : 8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool: but my righteousness will last forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
  • Isa 20:6 : 6 And the inhabitant of this coastland shall say in that day, Behold, such is our hope, where we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?
  • Luke 1:69 : 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
  • Luke 24:19 : 19 And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
  • Luke 24:47-48 : 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And you are witnesses of these things.
  • John 3:16-18 : 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
  • John 15:27 : 27 And you also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 Beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection.
  • Acts 2:22 : 22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know:
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
  • Acts 10:40-42 : 40 Him God raised up on the third day, and showed him openly; 41 Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who was ordained by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, while a promise of entering into his rest remains, any of you should seem to have come short of it.
  • Rev 6:16-17 : 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand?
  • Rev 7:10 : 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb.
  • Heb 7:25-26 : 25 Therefore he is able also to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

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  • Heb 2:1-2
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    1Therefore we ought to give more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

    2For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

  • 25See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:

  • Heb 4:1-2
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    1Let us therefore fear, lest, while a promise of entering into his rest remains, any of you should seem to have come short of it.

    2For unto us the gospel was preached, as well as unto them; but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

  • Heb 3:14-15
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    14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;

    15While it is said, Today if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.

  • 2By which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

  • 7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you will hear His voice,

  • 16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

  • Heb 1:1-2
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    1God, who at various times and in different manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets,

    2Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

  • 2That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

  • 6Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief:

  • 11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

  • 9But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.

  • Jude 1:3-5
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    3Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you, exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

    4For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

    5I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

  • Heb 2:4-5
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    4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

    5For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to the angels.

  • 29Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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    17For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

    18And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?

  • 12Beware, brothers and sisters, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

  • 20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.

  • 11Of whom we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

  • 18And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

  • Heb 6:5-6
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    5And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

    6If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

  • 40And with many other words he testified and encouraged them, saying, 'Save yourselves from this perverse generation.'

  • 14Seeing then that we have a great high priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

  • 5For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

  • 3If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

  • 26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

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    10Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall:

    11For so an entrance will be provided to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

  • 14How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

  • 8Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

  • 8But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

  • 1Therefore, seeing we also are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  • 17But, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • 40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

  • 11Let us therefore labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.

  • 10Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  • 9Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

  • 20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

  • 10For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  • 2Just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,

  • 7Remember those who have the rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.