“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water — the triple exhortation (draw near, assurance, cleansing) calls believers to actualize the access opened by Christ. True heart (kardia alēthine) indicates sincerity; full assurance (plērophoria) marks unwavering trust. Sprinkled clean (rhantizo) echoes the Levitical cleansing but refers to conscience; washed (louō) alludes to baptismal initiation.
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