And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Parallel translations
- WEB It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
- BSB Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
- NKJV And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
- NASB And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
- NLT Then Moses said, ‘Anyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from God’s people.’
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Quick answer
Anyone who refuses to listen to this Prophet will be cut off from God's people. Rejecting Christ carries grave and final consequences.
Overview
Continuing the Deuteronomy citation, Peter warns that refusing the promised Prophet brings exclusion and judgment. The gospel is good news, but it comes with sober accountability: to spurn Christ is to spurn God who sent him. This balances the offer of grace with the warning that there is no salvation apart from heeding the One God has appointed.
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- Deut 18:19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- John 12:48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
- Heb 10:39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
- Heb 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
- Heb 10:28–30He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
- Rev 20:15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
- Lev 23:29For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
- Heb 2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- John 3:18–20He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- Acts 13:38–41Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
- Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- 2 Th 1:7–9And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- John 8:24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
- Rev 13:8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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