Hebrews 2:1-3

Thomson(i) 1 For this cause we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest we, through negligence, let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by messengers was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received as its reward a correspondent requital, 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation, which was first published by the Lord, and confirmed for us by them who heard him,