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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:24

Verse 24 24.And let us consider one another, etc. I doubt not but that he addresses the Jews especially in this exhortation. It is well­known how great was the arrogance of that nation; being the posterity of Abraham, they boasted that they alone, to the exclusion of all others, had been chosen by the Lord to inherit the covenant of eternal life. Inflated by such a privilege, they despised other nations, and wished to be thought as being alone in the Church of God; nay, they superciliously... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:25

Verse 25 25.Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, etc. This confirms the view that has been given. The composition of the Greek word ought to be noticed; for ἐπὶ signifies an addition; then ἐπισυναγωγὴ, assembling together, means a congregation increased by additions. The wall of partition having been pulled down, God was then gathering those as his children who had been aliens from the Church; so the Gentiles were a new and unwonted addition to the Church. This the Jews regarded... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:26

Verse 26 26.For if we sin willfully, or voluntarily etc. He shows how severe a vengeance of God awaits all those who fall away from the grace of Christ; for being without that one true salvation, they are now as it were given up to an inevitable destruction. With this testimony Novatus and his sect formerly armed themselves, in order to take away the hope of pardon from all indiscriminately who had fallen after baptism. They who were not able to refute his calumny chose rather to deny the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:1-18

Close of the argument. This concluding passage presents little more than a re-statement of some points which have been already marked in the discussion which occupies the three preceding chapters. The kernel-thought of the paragraph is expressed in Hebrews 10:9 : "He taketh away the first" (the Jewish sacrifices), "that he may establish the second" (redemption by the sacrifice of himself). I. THE INHERENT WORTHLESSNESS OF THE LEVITICAL SACRIFICES , ( Hebrews 10:1-4 )... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:1-19

CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHRIST 'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:15-18

And the Holy Ghost also testifieth to us: for after that he hath said, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; (then saith he), And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. The apodosis to "after that he hath said," not distinctly marked in the Greek or in the A.V., is denoted in the above rendering... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:18

Complete forgiveness through the perfect Sacrifice. "Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin." Our text authorizes three observations. I. THAT THE SAVIOR 'S SACRIFICE FOR SIN WAS PERFECT . This is implied in the text. It is stated more than once in the preceding argument. To prove it was one of the great objects of the doctrinal portion of this letter. It has already come under our notice in several of our homilies (see on Hebrews 7:26-28 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-21

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter (literally, for the entrance ) into the holiest (literally, the holies, i.e. the holy place, as τὰ ἅγια is translated in Hebrews 9:25 , but meaning, there as here, the holy of holies) by the blood of Jesus, which (entrance) he consecrated (or, dedicated, as the same verb ἐγκαινίζω is translated, Hebrews 9:18 , with reference to the Mosaic tabernacle) for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-22

The Christian's access to the Holy place. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into," etc. Here the sacred writer enters upon the last great division of the Epistle. Having closed the argumentative portion, he opens the hortatory and admonitory part of his work. Our text is an exhortation to avail ourselves of the great privilege of access to the presence of God through the blood of Jesus. We have— I. A DECLARATION or CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE . 1. What the privilege is... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-22

Approaching God. I. WHY THE APPROACH IS TO BE MADE . There needed the statement of no reason here; the necessity of approach is assumed. The great thing required was to substitute a new ground and a new mode of approach for a ground and a mode which had become useless, nay, even harmful. The Israelite had always acknowledged that he must approach Deity in some way or other. If God had not appointed a certain way of access in the Levitical ordinances, the Israelite would... read more

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