Matthew 3:10-12
1599 Geneva Bible
10 And now also is the axe put to the root of the trees: (A)therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11 (B)[a]Indeed I baptize you with water to [b]amendment of life, but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear, he will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.
12 [c]Which hath his fan in his hand, and will [d]make clean his floor, and gather his wheat into his garner, but will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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- Matthew 3:11 We may neither dwell upon the signs which God hath ordained as means to lead us unto our salvation, neither upon them: but we must climb up to the matter itself, that is to say, to Christ, who inwardly worketh that effectually, which is outwardly signified unto us.
- Matthew 3:11 The outward sign putteth us in mind of this, that we must change our lives and become better, assuring us as by a seal, that we are engrafted into Christ; whereby our old man dieth and the new man riseth up, Rom. 6:4.
- Matthew 3:12 The triumphs of the wicked shall end in everlasting torment.
- Matthew 3:12 Will cleanse it thoroughly, and make a full riddance.
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