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Therefore, receiving a kingdom that can`t be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well pleasing to God, with reverence and awe,
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Your Unshakeable Inheritance
Commentators emphasize that believers have received a permanent, unshakeable kingdom through Christ. Unlike the temporary covenant at Sinai or any earthly empire, this spiritual kingdom will never be overthrown. This reality provides Christians with ultimate security and a profound encouragement to persevere, knowing their efforts and inheritance are eternally safe in God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved. We who are Christians belong to a kingdom that is permanent and unchanging. The me…
Wherefore (διο). Ground for loyalty to Christ and for calm trust in God.
That cannot be shaken (ασαλευτον)…
19th Century
Anglican
Receiving a kingdom.—These words clearly contain a reference to Daniel 7:18, The saints of the Most High shall receive the kin…
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Baptist
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we tur…
The “kingdom” is not a frequent subject in this letter (cf. 1:8; 11:33). This is in contrast to the Synoptic Gospels where the “kingdom” frequently…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, &c.] Not the kingdom of glory; eternal glory is a kingdom, and it…
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Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church-state was formed, was a mountain that could be touched (though the people were forbidden to do so)—a place …
13th Century
Catholic
After describing the condition of both testaments, the Apostle now argues from this description and does two things: first, he argues; second, he d…
