The Skeptics Annotated Bible (973 page)

22 But
ye are come
unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to
the spirits of just men
made perfect,

(12.23)
“The spirits of just men”
33 Has the ever been a just person?

24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and
to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

25 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:

26
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying
, Yet once more
I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

(12.26) “Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying … I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.” When God speaks there are earthquakes (and heavenquakes).

27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

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:

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

13
Let brotherly love continue.

(13.1) “Let brotherly love continue.”

2
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

(13.2)
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
Be hospitable to strangers. (Offer your virgin daughters to a sex-crazed mob to protect your angel guests from being raped, as Lot supposedly did in Genesis 19.)

3
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity
, as being yourselves also in the body.

(13.3)
“Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity.”
42 Does God approve of slavery?

4
Marriage is honourable in all
, and the bed undefiled:
but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

(13.4)
“Marriage is honourable in all … but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
15 Is marriage a good thing?
110 Is it wrong to commit adultery?

5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and
be content with such things as ye have
: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

(13.5)
“Be content with such things as ye have.”

6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

9
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines
. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.