Hebrews 12:23

WEB

²³to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

KJV

²³To 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,

BSB

²³in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

FBV

²³You have come to the church of the firstborn whose names are written down in heaven, to God, the judge of everyone, and to those good people whose lives are complete.

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Extra References

James 1:18

¹⁸Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Luke 10:20

²⁰Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Hebrews 11:40

⁴⁰God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

⁴These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

Revelation 20:15

¹⁵If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

Genesis 18:25

²⁵May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Exodus 4:22

²²You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘The LORD says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Psalms 94:2

²Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

Hebrews 6:10-12

¹⁰For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them. ¹¹We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, ¹²that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

Psalms 96:13

¹³before the LORD; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.