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for our God is a consuming fire.
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The Same God, Same Holiness
Commentators stress that this verse, quoting Deuteronomy 4:24, shows that the God of the New Covenant is the same holy God of Mount Sinai. His character and his absolute opposition to sin have not changed. The grace of the gospel does not diminish God's awesome holiness or his just nature.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For our God is a consuming fire. This is a further reason why we should serve God with profound reverence and unwavering fidelity. The quo…
A consuming fire (πυρ καταναλισκον). From De 4:24. Present active participle of καταναλισκω, old compound verb, here only in the N…
19th Century
Anglican
A quotation from Deuteronomy 4:24. There these words follow a solemn warning against idolatry. This passage then belongs to the same class as Hebre…
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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…
In an expression apparently taken from Dt 4:24, the writer emphasizes that God is not to be trifled with. We can be so taken up with the love and c…
16th Century
Protestant
For our God, etc. As he had previously kindly presented to us the grace of God, so he now makes known his severity; and he seems …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For our God is a consuming fire .
This phrase can be understood in two ways. Either God personally considered, God…
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…
