Deuteronomy 9:3 (WEB)
Know therefore today that the LORD your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them and he will bring them down before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the LORD has spoken to you.
Fathers and councils · 2
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.13Book IV
“The divine word says that our God is “a consuming fire,” and that “He draws rivers of fire before Him;” nay, that He even entereth in as “a refiner’s fire, and as a fuller’s herb,” to purify His own people.” — editor's note: Cf. Deut. iv. 24; ix. 3.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Moses also, he says, expresses himself thus: “The Lord thy God is a burning and consuming fire.”” — editor's note: Deut. ix. 3; Ps. l. 3; Heb. xii. 29.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
