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Knowing therefore the terrorw of the Lord, we persuade men; but wex are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

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Heb. 10:31• ³¹It is a fearful thing falling into the hands of the living God. (Heb. 10:31)

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Jude 23• ²³but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 23)

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2 Cor. 4:2• ²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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the terror.

Gen. 35:5• ⁵And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. (Gen. 35:5)

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Job 6:4• ⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me. (Job 6:4)

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Job 18:11• ¹¹Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps. (Job 18:11)

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Job 31:23• ²³For calamity from *God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless. (Job 31:23)

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Psa. 73:19• ¹⁹How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors. (Psa. 73:19)

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Psa. 76:7• ⁷Thou, thou art to be feared, and who can stand before thee when once thou art angry? (Psa. 76:7)

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Psa. 88:15‑16• ¹⁵I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, and I am distracted.
¹⁶Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought: (Psa. 88:15‑16)

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Psa. 90:11• ¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee? (Psa. 90:11)

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Isa. 33:14• ¹⁴The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath surprised the hypocrites: Who among us shall dwell with the consuming fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting flames? (Isa. 33:14)

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Nah. 1:6• ⁶Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him. (Nah. 1:6)

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Matt. 10:28• ²⁸And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matt. 10:28)

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Matt. 25:46• ⁴⁶And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:46)

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Mark 8:35‑38• ³⁵For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
³⁶For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
³⁷for what should a man give in exchange for his soul?
³⁸For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man also be ashamed when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. (Mark 8:35‑38)

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Mark 9:43‑50• ⁴³And if thy hand serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable;
⁴⁴where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
⁴⁵And if thy foot serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable;
⁴⁶where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
⁴⁷And if thine eye serve as a snare to thee, cast it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire,
⁴⁸where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
⁴⁹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
⁵⁰Salt is good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another. (Mark 9:43‑50)

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Luke 12:5• ⁵But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*. (Luke 12:5)

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Heb. 10:31• ³¹It is a fearful thing falling into the hands of the living God. (Heb. 10:31)

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Jude 23• ²³but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 23)

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Rev. 20:15• ¹⁵And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:15)

we persuade.

2 Cor. 5:20• ²⁰We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:20)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain: (2 Cor. 6:1)

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Luke 16:31• ³¹And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among the dead will they be persuaded. (Luke 16:31)

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Acts 13:43• ⁴³And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. (Acts 13:43)

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Acts 18:4,13• ⁴And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
¹³saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. (Acts 18:4,13)

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Acts 19:26• ²⁶and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands. (Acts 19:26)

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Acts 20:18‑27• ¹⁸And when they were come to him, he said to them, *Ye* know how I was with you all the time from the first day that I arrived in Asia,
¹⁹serving the Lord with all lowliness, and tears, and temptations, which happened to me through the plots of the Jews;
²⁰how I held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce it to you, and to teach you publicly and in every house,
²¹testifying to both Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.
²²And now, behold, bound in my spirit *I* go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall happen to me in it;
²³only that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.
²⁴But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.
²⁵And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
²⁶Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,
²⁷for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God. (Acts 20:18‑27)

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Acts 26:26• ²⁶for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner. (Acts 26:26)

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Acts 28:23• ²³And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening. (Acts 28:23)

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Gal. 1:10• ¹⁰For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman. (Gal. 1:10)

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Col. 1:28‑29• ²⁸whom *we* announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.
²⁹Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power. (Col. 1:28‑29)

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2 Tim. 2:24‑26• ²⁴And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
²⁵in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,
²⁶and that they may awake up out of the snare of the devil, who are taken by him, for *his* will. (2 Tim. 2:24‑26)

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2 Cor. 1:12‑14• ¹²For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.
¹³For we do not write other things to you but what ye well know and recognise; and I hope that ye will recognise to the end,
¹⁴even as also ye have recognised us in part, that we are your boast, even as *ye* are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. (2 Cor. 1:12‑14)

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2 Cor. 2:17• ¹⁷For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ. (2 Cor. 2:17)

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2 Cor. 4:1‑2• ¹Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. (2 Cor. 4:1‑2)

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1 Cor. 4:4‑5• ⁴For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.
⁵So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:4‑5)

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1 Thess. 2:3‑12• ³For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;
⁴but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.
⁵For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness;
⁶nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;
⁷but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.
⁸Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.
⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.
¹⁰*Ye* are witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:
¹¹as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,
¹²that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:3‑12)

• He sees the terror of judgment; the sight of the righteousness that judges is the occasion why he sets about preaching to others. It puts love in activity. (“We Have This Treasure” by J.N. Darby)

• I believe that it is very profitable for the soul to have the judgment of God present to our minds, and the sense of the unchangeable majesty of God maintained in the conscience by this means. (“2 Corinthians 5” by J.N. Darby)

• As to judgment, he owns the solemnity of it, but it does not make him tremble. He is in Christ—will be like Christ; and Christ, before whom he is to appear, has put away all the sins he had to be judged for. The effect is the sanctifying one of bringing him fully manifested into the presence of God now. But it stimulates his love as to others. (“2 Corinthians 5” by J.N. Darby)

• He realizes it by faith. He is manifested. He does not fear being manifested. (“2 Corinthians 5” by J.N. Darby)

• For unbelievers, the day of manifestation will be one of terror, for it will mean not only the manifestation of deeds, but the judgment of themselves. Knowing this, the Apostle persuades men to flee from the wrath to come. (“2 Corinthians 5” by H. Smith)

• Judgment cannot be gone, therefore he calls it "the terror of the Lord." And, let me tell you, that it is a very useful test to put the soul into the presence of the judgment. (“Fragment: 2 Corinthians 8-10”)

• There is no reason to soften down “the terror of the Lord,” so there seems no force in our persuading men if it does not mean the heart of the saint urged in love by the tremendous sense of divine judgment impending on the heedless yet guilty sinner. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:10-11” by W. Kelly)

• We are already manifested to God; so that the manifestation before the judgment, let it be ever so profound or minute, awakens no alarm for ourselves but anxiety for “men,” for all in their natural state, who have not Christ. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:10-11” by W. Kelly)

• “I hope also,” not because it ought to have been doubtful; but because their state was not all he could desire. And a state that is not good is apt to suspect evil in those who reprove it. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:10-11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, but have beenl manifested to God, and I hope also that we have beenl manifested in your consciences.

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Or "are manifested." It is the perfect tense; what is done and of which the effect continues.

W. Kelly Translation

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Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men; but we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.