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Heb 12:28. Βασιλείαν) a kingdom more magnificent than the present heaven and earth.-παραλαμβάνοντες, receiving) receiving a promise from GOD, accepting with the willingness of faith.-ἔχωμεν χάριν, let us have grace) χάριν ἔχειν, is to have grace [to feel gratitude], to be grateful, Luk 17:9, and often. It also means to be acceptable to, Act 2:47; and in much the same sense, 2Co 1:15. To have grace, passively, is to be under the power of grace; also in much the same sense in this passage. To find grace is an act; to have grace is a state, conjoined with the will (willingness on the part) of believers.-λατρεύωμεν,[87] we may serve) as royal priests.-μετά αἰδοῦς, with reverence) from the perception of our own unworthiness, lest we should offend the eyes of GOD.[88]-καὶ εὐλαβείας, and fear) from the perception of the divine majesty, lest we should bring destruction upon ourselves. Hesychius explains εὐλαβεῖσθαι, as φυλάττεσθαι, φοβεῖσθαι. Hope is tempered (mingled) with reverence and fear, lest it should degenerate into petulant boldness: comp. the following ver. with ch. Heb 10:27.
[87] The margin of both Ed. prefers the Indicative, λατρεύομεν.-E. B.
[88] Who is “of purer eyes than to behold iniquity.”-ED.
The Indic. λατρεύομεν has none of the oldest authorities on its side. They all have λατρεύωμεν.-ED.