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2721 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1154.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , consecrated to God, and offering to God spiritual services and oblations, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. [3.] All Christians, wheresoever they be, compose …
2722 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1156.16 (Matthew Henry)
… are called to do for the honour of God and the good of others we should do it with all our might. Fourthly, In all the duties and services of life we should aim at …
2723 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1157.9 (Matthew Henry)
… delightful service of God, they are very criminal. 3. The best remedy against immoderate care is to cast our care upon God, and resign every event to the wise …
2724 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1158.7 (Matthew Henry)
… calling, for so he is here described: Him that hath called us to glory and virtue. Observe here, The design of God in calling or converting men is to bring …
2725 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1160.21 (Matthew Henry)
… him to be an apostle. (2.) He calls him beloved; and they being both alike commissioned, and both united in the same service of the same Lord, it would have been very …
2726 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.25 (Matthew Henry)
… ourselves to hazards, when called thereto, for the safety and preservation of those that are more serviceable to the glory of God and the edification of the …
2727 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.20 (Matthew Henry)
… doeth God service, John 16:2. He frequently calls his servants to a conformity with him in sufferings: Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing …
2728 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1167.10 (Matthew Henry)
… not called to preach the gospel themselves who may yet contribute to the progress of it. The gospel should be made without charge to those to whom it is first …
2729 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1168.8 (Matthew Henry)
… to teach us something new in every sermon, somewhat that we knew nothing of before; but to put us in remembrance, to call to mind things forgotten, to affect our …
2730 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1169.3 (Matthew Henry)
… . God gave it to Christ, and Christ employed an angel to communicate it to the churches. The angels are God’s messengers; they are ministering spirits to the …
2731 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1179.13 (Matthew Henry)
… , till God calls them; they must not be weary of suffering and service, nor too hastily grasp at the reward; but stay till their Master calls them, and then they …
2732 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1184.14 (Matthew Henry)
… comes to be tried, and his battles to be fought, all his people shall be ready to stand up for his interest and be faithful and valiant in his service.
2733 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1189.21 (Matthew Henry)
… the service of God, interrupts their communion with him, and intercepts the light of his countenance; but, at their entrance into the holy of holies, they are …
2734 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. אֹ֫הֶל.2
… .) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, Ex 33 …
2735 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. זָעַק.2
… ;— 1. call, call out, or together, for military service, sq. acc. Ju 4:10, 13 2 S 20:4, 5. 2. make a crying Jb 35:9 ( יְשַׁוְּעוּ in ‖ cl.) 3. have proclamation made ויז׳ ויאמר Jon 3:7. 4 …
2736 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. לְ.2
… to speak for one 2 K 4:13, Jb 13:7 הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה will ye speak wickedness on God’s behalf? שָׁאַל to ask 1 S 22:13 +, עָבַר to pass over for (= to pardon) Am …
2737 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. עַל².2
… יָסַף to add upon or to, ψ 61:7 + often (v. יָסַף ), שָׁת to put to Gn 30:40, נִלְוָה to be joined to Nu 18:2, 4; Is 14:1 (also c. אֶל ), נָפַל to fall to, i.e. desert to, Je 21:9 +, עבר to pass …
2738 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. קָרָא.2
… :15; to (ל) י׳ (God) † Jb 12:4 ψ 57:3; 141:1; to (ל) a servant (for service) 2 K 4:36; Jb 19:16, so (ל) 2 S 1:15; call to (ל) one Je 3:4 (+ orat. rect.), La 4:15 (id.), Pr 2:3 (לְבִינָה); subj. י׳ Mi 6:8; Je 35:17. b. cry for …
2739 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Nehemiah.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… returned to Persia to the service of his royal master at Shushan or Ecbatana. Very soon after this the old corrupt state of things returned, showing the worthlessness …
2740 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Seven.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… been called the symbol of perfection, and also the symbol of rest. “Jacob’s seven years’ service to Laban; Pharaoh’s seven fat oxen and seven lean ones; the seven …