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Everlasting Punishment
Wash you, make you clean.
Cleanliness was a common symbol of purity and sinlessness in Jewish culture. God’s people were to be free from any impurity—physical, ceremonial, moral, or spiritual. Purity represented their holy status as His creation; uncleanness indicated an unholy state of separation from God.
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Resources cited in this issue
Cit. 3: Yarbrough, R.W. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, 1–3 John. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008.
Cit. 16: Barker, Kenneth L., John R. Kohlenberger, Verlyn Verbrugge, and Richard Polcyn. The Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.
Cit. 20: Keck, Leander E., et al., eds. The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 8, Luke, John. Nashville: Abingdon, 2015.
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