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Malachi 3:2 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Malachi 3:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Malachi chapter 3 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:”
Malachi 3:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Malachi 3:2
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' sope. This verse follows Malachi 3:1's promise that the Lord will suddenly come to His temple. But the question "who may abide" (mi-mekhalkel) and "who shall stand" (mi-ha'omed) reveals the coming will bring judgment, not mere blessing. The Hebrew suggests trembling, inability to endure. The answer: only those purified by grace can stand before the holy God.Two images describe the purifying judgment: "refiner's fire" (esh metzoref) and "fullers' soap" (borit mekabb...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Malachi 3:2
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“and will refine them as silver is refined”
“and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst”
“because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.”
“but for those who are disobedient”
“praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen”
“and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor”
“He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:”
“You are my son. Today I have become your father.,I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee., אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל חֹק יְהוָה אָמַר אֵלַי בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ׃ ,I will tell of the decree: The LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, This day have I begotten thee.,διαγγέλλων τὸ πρόσταγμα κυρίου κύριος εἶπεν πρός με υἱός μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε,declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee.,,,,”
“Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'”