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23 Bible Verses About Fire

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  • Deuteronomy 4:24 calls God “a consuming fire” and ties it to the command against idols; Hebrews 12:29 repeats the line to Christians.
  • Malachi 3:2-3, Zechariah 13:9 and 1 Peter 1:6-7 use the refiner’s fire for testing that leaves something purer behind.
  • In Exodus 3:2, Isaiah 43:2 and Daniel 3:25, fire is present and does not consume.
  • John promised a baptism “with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Luke 3:16), and tongues of fire rested on the disciples at Pentecost (Acts 2:3).
  • The Catechism of the Catholic Church cites 1 Corinthians 3:15 for a cleansing fire before the final judgment; Protestant readers generally take the passage as the testing of each person’s work.

In the Bible, fire marks God’s presence, his judgment, and the testing of people and their work. God speaks to Moses from a bush that burns without burning up (Exodus 3:2), Malachi 3:2-3 and 1 Peter 1:6-7 use the refiner’s fire for testing, and 2 Peter 3:7 and Revelation 20:15 speak of fire at the final judgment. Deuteronomy 4:24 calls God himself “a consuming fire”, and Hebrews 12:29 repeats the line to Christians. John the Baptist promises a baptism “with…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1031, on the final purification, citing 1 Corinthians 3:15 and 1 Peter 1:7. vatican.va

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