Hebrews 12:25-29. Chiastic structure copied from Chiastic Analysis
of the Epistle to the Hebrews, arranged by John Bligh (Athenaeum
Press, Heythrop College, Oxon, England: 1966). Bligh's work is almost entirely
in Greek. For website purposes, I have used unaccented Greek from the Unbound Bible,
Nestle-Aland 26,
at unbound.biola.edu
I have added English from the New American Standard Bible, revised.
| A | 25 blepete
mh paraithshsqe ton lalounta See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. |
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| B | ei
gar ekeinoi ouk exefugon For if those did not escape epi ghV paraithsamenoi ton
crhmatizonta |
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| C | polu
mallon hmeiV oi ton ap ouranwn apostrefomenoi much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. |
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| D | 26 ou
h fwnh thn ghn esaleusen tote And His voice shook the earth then, |
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| E | nun
de ephggeltai legwn eti apax egw seisw but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake |
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| F | ou
monon thn ghn alla kai ton ouranon not only the earth, but also the heaven." |
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| G | 27 to de
eti apax dhloi [thn] twn saleuomenwn metaqesin This expression, "Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, |
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| F* | wV
pepoihmenwn as of created things, |
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| E* | ina
meinh ta mh saleuomena so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. |
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| D* | 28 dio
basileian asaleuton Therefore, since ... a kingdom which cannot be shaken, |
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| C* | paralambanonteV
ecwmen carin we receive ...let us show gratitude, |
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| B* | di
hV latreuwmen euarestwV tw qew meta eulabeiaV kai deouV by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; |
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| A* | 29 kai
gar o qeoV hmwn pur katanaliskon for our God is a consuming fire. |
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