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how will we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation -- which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
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The Danger of Simple Neglect
Commentators overwhelmingly stress that spiritual ruin doesn't require active rebellion or opposition to the gospel; simple neglect is enough. Scholars use analogies: a business can fail from neglect, not just fraud; a sick person can die by neglecting medicine, not just by taking poison. In the same way, merely ignoring or failing to embrace this salvation is spiritually fatal because there is no other way to escape judgment.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
How shall we escape. How shall we escape the just recompense due to transgressors? What way is there of being saved from punishment, if we…
How shall we escape? (πως ημεις εκφευξομεθα; ). Rhetorical question with future middle indicative of εκφευγω and conclusion of the…
19th Century
Anglican
How shall we escape?—In a different context, these words might naturally mean, “How shall we, transgressors of the law, escape from the pe…
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Baptist
Which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; (Hebrews 2:3)
The …
The just penalties meted out under the law show that where God is concerned, strict standards apply. This makes it imperative that those to whom a …
16th Century
Protestant
If we neglect so great a salvation, etc. Not only the rejection of the Gospel, but also its neglect, deserves the heaviest punish…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How shall we escape The righteous judgment of God, and eternal punishment:
if we neglect so great…
Since Christ has been proven to be superior to the angels, this doctrine is now applied. Our minds and memories are like a leaky vessel; they do no…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing in a number of ways Christ’s superiority over the angels, the Apostle here concludes that Christ’s doctrine, namely, the New Testamen…
