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The Danger of a Profane Heart
Commentators define a "profane" person, like Esau, as someone who despises sacred things. Esau's profanity was a mindset that valued a temporary meal over his God-given spiritual inheritance. The verse warns believers against adopting this worldly perspective, where immediate gratification is chosen over the priceless, eternal blessings found in Christ.
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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 12:16
18th Century
Theologian
Lest there be any fornicator. The sin referred to here is one of those that would spread corruption in the church, and against which they …
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 12:16
Profane (βεβηλος). Trodden under foot, unhallowed (1 Timothy 1:9).
For one mess of meat (αντ β…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 12:16
19th Century
Bishop
Lest there be—Better (as in the last verse), whether there be. Though Jewish tradition (see, for example, the Targum of P…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 12:16
19th Century
Preacher
Lest there be any fornicator,
Fornication was far too common in the early church, but it was not thought to be sin by the great mas…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 12:16
(3) The final warning begins with a reference to the “sexually immoral” (GK 4521), a warning that occurs frequently in Scripture. With this is coup…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 12:16
16th Century
Theologian
Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, etc. As he had previously exhorted them to holiness, so now, so that he might rec…
John Gill
On Hebrews 12:16
17th Century
Pastor
Lest there be any fornicator or profane person
The first of these is guilty of a sin against the second table of the…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 12:12–17
17th Century
Minister
A burden of affliction tends to make the Christian's hands hang down and his knees grow feeble, to dishearten and discourage him; but he must striv…