This is rightly called the sin against the Holy Ghost, who is mentioned in this verse and in the three passages found in the Gospels. It is he who works repentance; to sin against him to such an extent that this is made impossible for him is to fall into the hands of the living God (10:31). Let us add that any person who fears that he has committed what has by another name been called “the unpardonable sin” by that very fear proves that he has not committed it, that the door to repentance has not
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