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Heb_10:22. Προσερχώμεθα ] let us then draw nigh, sc. to this ἅγια , Heb_10:19, and this ἱερεὺς μέγας , Heb_10:21, or, what is, as regards the matter itself, not different, to God; in such wise that προσερξώμεθα is here, like τοὺς προσερχομένους , Heb_10:1, used absolutely, or else receives its supplementation from the τοῦ θεοῦ immediately preceding. Comp. Heb_7:25, Heb_11:6; also Heb_4:16.
μετʼ ἀληθινῆς καρδίας ] with true, i.e. sincere heart, so that we are really in earnest about the προσέρχεσθαι .
ἐν πληροφορίᾳ πίστεως ] in firm conviction of faith, firm inner certainty of faith. Comp. Heb_6:11. Epexegesis of μετʼ ἀληθινῆς καρδίας , for the clearer defining of the contents thereof.
ἐῤῥαντισμένοι τὰς καρδίας ἀπὸ συνειδήσεως πονηρᾶς ] inasmuch as our hearts have been sprinkled from an evil conscience, so that we have been delivered from the same (see Winer, Gramm., 7 Aufl. p. 577). Indication of the subjective qualification for the προσέρχεσθαι , while Heb_10:19-21 contains the objective qualification for the same. What is meant, is the justification of Christians through Christ’s bloody sacrificial death (Heb_9:14), after the analogy of the sprinkling with blood, whereby the first Levitical priests were consecrated and qualified to approach God. Comp. Exo_29:21; Lev_8:30.