Hebrews 12:29

for our God is a devouring fire.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For our God is a consuming fire.

In Context

28Therefore because we have received the kingdom which is immoveable, let us hold the grace by which we may serve and please Aloha with reverence and with fear:

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Cross References

Hebrews 10:27but a fearful judgment to come, and burning fire which devoureth the adversaries.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:19-29

Nature of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that… Read the whole commentary →

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