Hebrews 3:15
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As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
Commentaries
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While it is said--connected with Heb 3:13, "exhort one another . . . while it is said, To-day": Heb 3:14, "for we are made partakers," &c., being a parenthesis. "It entirely depends on yourselves that the invitation of the ninety-fifth Psalm be not a mere invitation, but also an actual enjoyment." ALFORD translates, "Since (that is, 'for') it is said," &c., regarding Heb 3:15 as a proof that we must "hold . . . confidence . . . unto the end," in order to be "partakers of Christ."
Open source ↗In this chapter the apostle applies what he had said in the chapter foregoing concerning the priesthood of Christ, I. In a serious pathetic exhortation that this great high priest, who was discovered to them, might be seriously considered by them (Heb 3:1-6). II. He then adds many weighty counsels and cautions (Heb 3:7 to the end).
Open source ↗3:15 This verse again quotes Ps 95:7-8, the exhortation from that portion of the psalm. It sums up the author’s own exhortation in Heb 3:12-14, focusing on the importance of listening and responding favorably to God’s voice.
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For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?