Hebrews 2:3

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];

How {G4459} shall we {G2249} escape {G1628}, if we neglect {G272} so great {G5082} salvation {G4991}; which {G3748} at the first {G746} began {G2983} to be spoken {G2980} by {G1223} the Lord {G2962}, and was confirmed {G950} unto {G1519} us {G2248} by {G5259} them that heard {G191} him;

then how will we escape if we ignore such a great deliverance? This deliverance, which was first declared by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him;

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 10:28 (16 votes)

    He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

  • Hebrews 10:29 (16 votes)

    Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

  • Hebrews 12:25 (9 votes)

    See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:

  • 1 Peter 4:17 (8 votes)

    For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?

  • 1 Peter 4:18 (8 votes)

    And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

  • Romans 2:3 (7 votes)

    And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

  • Hebrews 5:9 (7 votes)

    And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;