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Warning to Pay Attention

Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For if the message declared by angels[a] was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,

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Footnotes

  1. 2.2 angels: The covenant of Sinai was thought to have been given through the angels.

Warning to Pay Attention

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.(A) For since the message spoken(B) through angels(C) was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,(D) how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?(E) This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,(F) was confirmed to us by those who heard him.(G)

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