5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
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For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)We find here, I. A vast auditory that was got together to hear Christ preach. The scribes and Pharisees sought to accuse him , and do him mischief; but the people, who were not under the bias of their prejudices and jealousies, still admired him, attended on him, and did him honour. In the mean time (Luke 12:1), while he was in the Pharisee’s house, contending with them that sought to ensnare him,…
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