“Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?”
How much more will it be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace? — the how-much-more (posō... mallon) argument reaches its peak: rejecting Christ is qualitatively worse than rejecting Moses. Spurn (katapateoō, tread under foot) the Son, profane (koinoō) his sanctifying blood, and outrage (hybrizō) the Spirit constitute compound apostasy.
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