Hebrews 12:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ 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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²³ to the assembly of God’s firstborn children who are registered in heaven, to God the judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And to the church of the firstborn, who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

Hebrews 12:23 Cross References

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Psalm 111:1

Praise ye the LORD. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

Psalm 69:28

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

Psalm 89:27

I also will make him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.

Psalm 89:7

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

Psalm 94:2

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.

Psalm 96:13

Before the LORD, for he cometh; For he cometh to judge the earth: He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.

Psalm 98:9

Before the LORD, for he cometh to judge the earth: He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.

Exodus 13:2

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

Exodus 32:32

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

Exodus 4:22

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, my firstborn:

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Luke 10:20

Howbeit in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

John 5:27

and he gave him authority to execute judgement, because he is the Son of man.

Acts 20:28

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in the which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I have been known.

1 Corinthians 15:49

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

1 Corinthians 15:54

But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:22

and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

Deuteronomy 21:17

but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Philippians 4:3

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

1 Timothy 3:5

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

Hebrews 11:40

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

Hebrews 2:12

saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.

Hebrews 9:27

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgement;

James 1:18

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

1 Peter 2:23

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Revelation 13:8

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 14:4

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.

Revelation 20:15

And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

Revelation 6:11

And there was given them to each one a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, which should be killed even as they were, should be fulfilled.

Revelation 6:9

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: