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Heb_12:28. Exhortation to be thankful to God, and to serve Him in an acceptable manner.
Διό ] infers from the concluding words of Heb_12:27 : Wherefore, because that which will have an everlasting existence is no other than the kingdom of God, in which we Christians have obtained part. The author himself expresses this thought in the participial clause elucidatory of the διό , βασιλείαν ἀσάλευτον παραλαμβάνοντες : since the kingdom, which we Christians obtain (which becomes the possession of us Christians) is an immovable, intransitory one. The participle present παραλαμβάνοντες , of that which is indeed future, but which with certainty comes in. Erroneously do Calvin, transl., Schlichting, Limborch, Bengel, and others understand the participial clause as a constituent part of the exhortation: “let us receive the immovable kingdom, appropriate it to ourselves by faith,” which is already rendered impossible by the anarthrous βασιλείαν in itself.
ἔχωμεν χάριν ] let us cherish thankfulness, sc. towards God. Comp. Luk_17:9. Wrongly Beza, Schlichting, Jac. Cappellus, Grotius, Carpzov, Bisping, and many others: let us hold fast the grace. For in that case the article could not be wanting in connection with χάριν , and instead of ἔχωμεν must stand κατέχωμεν (comp. Heb_3:6; Heb_3:14, Heb_10:23) or κρατῶμεν (comp. Heb_4:14).
διʼ ἧς λατρεύωμεν εὐαρέστως τῷ θεῷ ] and by the same serve God in an acceptable manner. τῷ θεῷ belongs to λατρεύωμεν .
μετὰ εὐλαβείας καὶ δέους ] with reverential awe (in that we watch against that which is displeasing to God) and fear. Amplification of the εὐαρέστως .