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to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
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Your Heavenly Citizenship
The verse reveals that believers are part of the "church of the firstborn," a term commentators associate with all the redeemed who hold a place of honor and privilege. Your name is "enrolled in heaven," which scholars explain means you are registered as a citizen of the heavenly world. This isn't a future hope but a present reality, securing your identity and eternal destiny in God's kingdom.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To the general assembly. (See Barnes on Hebrews 12:22).
And church of the firstborn. That is, you are united with the chur…
To the general assembly (πανηγυρε). Old word (from πας and αγυρισ, αγειρω). Here only in N.T. Πανηγυριζω occurs in Isa 66:10 for k…
19th Century
Anglican
And to God the Judge of all.—The order of the Greek seems to require the rendering, and to a Judge (who is) …
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Baptist
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, And the sou…
“The church [GK 1711] of the firstborn” is a difficult expression. Does it mean the angels just spoken of? They are not usually called a “church,” …
16th Century
Protestant
The firstborn, etc. He does not call the children of God indiscriminately the firstborn, for Scripture calls many His children who are not…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To the general assembly A "panegyris", the word here used, was a public and solemn assembly of the Greeks, either at their gam…
Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church-state was formed, was a mountain that could be touched (though the people were forbidden to do so)—a place …
13th Century
Catholic
Having warned them to avoid the evils of guilt, the Apostle now provides the reason, which is based on a comparison between the Old and New Testame…
