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As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
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Discipline is Proof of Love
Commentators unanimously explain that Christ's rebuke and discipline are not signs of His anger but profound expressions of His love. Citing Old Testament parallels (Proverbs 3:12), scholars compare this action to a loving father correcting a child. This discipline is meant to educate and restore believers from their lukewarm state, not to punish them in wrath. It is a sign that Christ has not given up on them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Of course, this is only on the supposition that they deserve it. The meaning is that it is a proo…
Free rendering of Pr 3:12 (), but with ους εαν (indefinite relative plural) for ον (definite relative singular), with φιλÂω instead of αγαπÂα and w…
19th Century
Anglican
I rebuke and chasten.—The first word is that used in the work of the Holy Spirit (John 16:8), and signifies t…
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Even though the state of a church verges on disaster, all is not lost if there are those in it who will receive Christ’s loving rebuke and come bac…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As many as I love I rebuke and chasten The persons the objects of Christ's love here intended are not angels, but th…
Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia. Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, —The Amen': one steady and unchangeable in all h…
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