For our God is a consuming fire.
х Kai (G2532) gar (G1063)] 'For even;' 'For also:' an additional incentive to diligence. From Deuteronomy 4:24.
Our God - in whom we hope, is also to be feared. He is love, yet He has also wrath against sin (Hebrews 10:27; Hebrews 10:31).