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It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the lovingkindness which he swore to your fathers:
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Grace-Fueled Obedience
Commentators like John Calvin note that this verse seems to set up a works-based contract. However, they clarify that this legal framework would condemn everyone. Instead, God first offers grace and pardon. It is only through this grace that believers can obey, and God, in His generosity, chooses to reward this obedience as if it were earned, even though it's a gift.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
At this point begins the third of the Hebrew divisions of the book.
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16th Century
Protestant
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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Presbyterian
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