Matthew 7:23

Profess. Gr. homologed, here meaning “to declare frankly.”

I never knew you. Or, according to the form of the Greek verb, “I never recognized [or, “became acquainted with”] you.” This is evidence that their teachings and miracles had not been spoken and performed in harmony with the will of God, or by His power.

Depart from me. Compare ch. 25:41. Sin results in a final and complete separation from God.

Iniquity. Gr. anomia, “lawlessness,” or “lack of conformity with law.” The workers of iniquity are “lawless” because they have refused to conform their lives to the perfect pattern set forth in the law of the kingdom of heaven — and “sin is the transgression of the law [anomia]” (1 John 3:4). On the Mount of Olives Christ said that in the last days “iniquity,” anomia, would abound (Matt. 24:12), and a few decades later Paul observed that the “mystery of iniquity [anomia]” was already at work (2 Thess. 2:7).