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2701 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1066.6 (Matthew Henry)
… of God to feed our own vanity, and make idols of ourselves. But to take notice of the favours of God to promote our gratitude to him, and to speak of them to his honour …
2702 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1069.16 (Matthew Henry)
… holy to the Lord, and must use our bodies as property which belongs to him and is sacred to his use and service. We are to honour him with our bodies and spirits …
2703 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1070.1 (Matthew Henry)
… indifferent to the comforts of the world; and shows them how worldly cares hinder their devotions, and distract them in the service of God, 1 Corinthians 7 …
2704 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1070.11 (Matthew Henry)
… relation to seek the salvation of those to whom they are related. “Do not separate. There is other duty now called for. The conjugal relation calls for the most …
2705 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1070.14 (Matthew Henry)
… enslaved to Christ, yet he is bound to yield himself up wholly to his pleasure and service; and yet that service is perfect freedom. Note, Our comfort and happiness …
2706 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1072.2 (Matthew Henry)
… minister to meet with very unkind returns for great good-will to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. Some among the Corinthians questioned …
2707 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1072.5 (Matthew Henry)
… up to any way of business in the world expect to live out of it. Soldiers expect to be paid for their service. Husbandmen and shepherds expect to get a livelihood …
2708 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1072.10 (Matthew Henry)
… to their fidelity, zeal, and diligence; and his slothful and unwilling servants shall all be called to an account. Taking his name, and professing to do his business …
2709 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1078.7 (Matthew Henry)
… meet to be called an apostle. The least, because the last of them; called latest to the office, and not worthy to be called an apostle, to have either the office …
2710 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1079.7 (Matthew Henry)
… love to God, and therefore are a proper service on his own day. Note, God’s day is a proper season on which to lay up for charitable uses, or lay out in them, according …
2711 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1087.13 (Matthew Henry)
… if God hath put it into the hearts of any to do us or others any good. 2. For his readiness to this present service. He accepted the office, and was forward to go upon …
2712 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1099.5 (Matthew Henry)
… our services ascend to God through Christ, so all our blessings are conveyed to us in the same way, he being the Mediator between God and us.
2713 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1101.4 (Matthew Henry)
… by God to dispense the doctrine of the gospel, which commission and authority were given to him chiefly for he service of the Gentiles: to you-ward. And again …
2714 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1103.7 (Matthew Henry)
… of God’s kindness and favour to others also. It is our duty in every thing to give thanks unto God and the Father, to God as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ …
2715 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1106.11 (Matthew Henry)
… altars, to serve the faith of God’s elect. Could Paul think it worth while to shed his blood for the service of the church, and shall we think it much to take a little …
2716 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1106.14 (Matthew Henry)
… of God: It was for the work of Christ that he was nigh to death, and to supply their lack of service to him. The apostle does not blame him for his indiscretion in …
2717 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1107.16 (Matthew Henry)
… designs to hit. For the prize of the high calling. Observe, A Christian’s calling is a high calling: it is from heaven, as its original; and it is to heaven in its …
2718 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1108.7 (Matthew Henry)
… in God is a duty of great consequence in the Christian life; and Christians need to be again and again called to it. If good men have not a continual feast, it is …
2719 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1112.7 (Matthew Henry)
… master’s service; and was now sent back, it is probable, with the epistle to Philemon, to introduce him again into his master’s family. Observe, Though he was …
2720 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1113.16 (Matthew Henry)
… up to God, to the living and true God, and devoted themselves to his service. [3.] They set themselves to wait for the Son of God from heaven, 1 Thessalonians 1:10. And …