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Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there will be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
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Unbelief is a Heart Issue
Commentators emphasize that the 'evil heart of unbelief' is not primarily about intellectual doubt, but a deeper issue of trust. It's a refusal to have confidence in God, which one scholar calls the 'mother sin' that leads to all others. This heart-level distrust is what leads to falling away, making faith a matter of the heart's posture, not just the mind's agreement.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Take heed, brethren. In view of the conduct of the rebellious Jews and their fearful doom, be on your guard lest you also are found to hav…
Take heed (βλεπετε). Present active imperative as in Php 3:2 (three times) of βλεπω in place of the more usual ορατε. Solemn warni…
19th Century
Anglican
Lest there be in any of you.—Better, lest perhaps there shall be in any one of you. (See above, on Hebrews 3:7.)
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Baptist
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in depar…
The writer has a tender concern for every one of his readers. He exhorts them to beware lest any of them fall away. The “sinful, unbelieving heart”…
16th Century
Protestant
Take heed, (or See,) brothers, lest there be at any time in any of you a wicked heart of unbelief, etc. I have …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Take heed, brethren This exhortation is grounded upon the state and case of their ancestors before given, as a warni…
Days of temptation are often days of provocation. But to provoke God, when He is showing us that we entirely depend and live upon Him, is a provoca…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Apostle showed on the authority of the Psalmist that Christ must be obeyed strictly. In that passage, he found three things: the exhorta…
