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Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “fear” (δέους·) after and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

διὸdioWhereforeδιόconjunction — “Wherefore”G1352wherefore, on which account, therefore.Whereforeβασιλείανbasileiana kingdomβασιλεία (basileia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a kingdom”, the object formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.a kingdomἀσάλευτονasaleutonwhich cannot be movedἀσάλευτος (asaleutos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “which cannot be moved”, the object formG761unshaken, immovable.which cannot be movedπαραλαμβάνοντεςparalambanontesto takeπαραλαμβάνω (paralambanō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to take”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3880I take from, receive from, or: I take to, receive (apparently not used of money), admit, acknowledge; I take with me.This verse uses “take”.ἔχωμενechōmenlet us haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “let us have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.let us haveχάρινcharingraceχάρις (charis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “grace”, the object formG5485(a) grace, as a gift or blessing brought to man by Jesus Christ, (b) favor, (c) gratitude, thanks, (d) a favor, kindness.This verse uses “grace”.graceδι’diwherebyδιά (dia)preposition — “whereby”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.wherebyἧςhēswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.λατρεύωμενlatreuōmenwe may serveλατρεύω (latreuō)verb, present active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “we may serve”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3000I serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship.This verse uses “serve”.we may serveεὐαρέστωςeuarestōsacceptablyεὐαρέστωςadverb — “acceptably”G2102acceptably, in a well-pleasing way.acceptablyτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θεῷtheōGodθεός (theos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “God”, the to- or for-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.μετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withεὐλαβείαςeulabeiasgodly fearεὐλάβεια (eulabeia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “godly fear”, the of-formG2124reverence, fear of God, piety.godly fearκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.δέουςdeousfearδέος (deos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “fear”, the of-formG6015fear

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:

Young’s Literal Translation

wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

World English Bible

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Darby Translation

Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear.

Douay-Rheims

Therefore receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace; whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence.

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