Luke 13:27

“But he shall say, etc.] The Persic version adds, “be gone from my sight, and be far from my door”; expressing indignation at them, an abhorrence of them, as not being able to bear them in his sight, or near unto him: I tell you, I know you not whence you are; this is repeated, and with a strong asseveration, to denote the certainty of the truth expressed, and to cast off all hope in them, of ever succeeding by their entreaties and importunity: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; or “of a lie”, as the Syriac and Persic versions render it: for they were deceitful workers, they professed what they did not from the heart believe; they said they were Christians, but were not, and now are…”

“But he shall say, &c.--(See on Mat 7:23). No nearness of external communion with Christ will avail at the great day, in place of that holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Observe the style which Christ intimates that He will then assume, that of absolute Disposer of men's eternal destinies, and contrast it with His "despised and rejected" condition at that time.”

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“Mat 7:23. Luke 13:28”

“I tell: Luk 13:25; Psa 1:6; Mat 7:22, Mat 7:23, Mat 25:12, Mat 25:41; Co1 8:3; Gal 4:9; Ti2 2:19 depart: Psa 5:6, Psa 6:8, Psa 28:3, Psa 101:8, Psa 119:115, Psa 125:5; Hos 9:12; Mat 25:41 Luke 13:28”