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NASB | Hebrews 12:23 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 the righteous made perfect, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 12:23 and to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven, and to God, who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect [bringing them to their final glory], |
Bible Question: Define the true Church, mentioned in Heb 12:23 and elsewhere in the NT. |
Bible Answer: 1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Yahoshua "Jesus Christ". Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Yahoshua "Jesus". Jam 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before Elohim and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. Psa 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is Elohim in his Holy habitation. Deu 10:18 He does execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Deu 10:19 Love you therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Psa 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Psa 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Isa 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, says YHWH: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isa 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land: |