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2921 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1089.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the church are the weapons of this warfare; and these are not carnal: outward force, therefore, is not the method of the gospel, but strong persuasions, by the …
2922 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1091.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the body or out of the body, I cannot tell. It was certainly a very extraordinary honour done him: in some sense he was caught up into the third heaven, the heaven …
2923 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1093.7 (Matthew Henry)
Here the apostle comes to the body of the epistle; and he begins it with a more general reproof of these churches for their unsteadiness in the faith, which he afterwards, in some following parts of it, enlarges more upon. Here we may observe,
2924 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1096.16 (Matthew Henry)
… the body, constant. Happy would it be for the church of Christ if this rule were better observed among Christians!
2925 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1099.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the church; and we are sure he loves his church, for it is his body ( Ephesians 1:23 ), his mystical body, and he will care for it. It is the fulness of him that filleth …
2926 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1100.9 (Matthew Henry)
… universal church is called the temple of God, but particular churches; and even every true believer is a living temple, is a habitation of God through the Spirit …
2927 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1101.4 (Matthew Henry)
… mystical body, be received into the church of Christ, and be interested in the gospel-promises, as well as the Jews, and particularly in that great promise of …
2928 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1102.8 (Matthew Henry)
… one body would be monstrous. If there be but one body, all that belong to that body should have one heart. The Catholic church is one mystical body of Christ, and …
2929 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1102.9 (Matthew Henry)
… his church. And how rich is the church, that had at first such a variety of officers and has still such a variety of gifts! How kind is Christ to his church! How careful …
2930 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1102.10 (Matthew Henry)
… same body, Ephesians 4:16. Here the apostle makes a comparison between the natural body and Christ’s mystical body, that body of which Christ is the head: and …
2931 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1103.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the church. There is a resemblance of Christ’s authority over the church in that superiority and headship which God has appointed to the husband. The apostle …
2932 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1103.10 (Matthew Henry)
… his church—because all who belong to it are members of his body, that is, of his mystical body. Or, we are members out of his body : all the grace and glory which the …
2933 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1105.11 (Matthew Henry)
… a church till the mystery of God shall be finished and the mystical body completed. The church is built upon a rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against …
2934 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1105.26 (Matthew Henry)
… the church, we may be sure God will do. If we know what is needful for building up the body of Christ, we may certainly know what will be; for he will take care of its …
2935 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1106.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the church, and the welfare of the souls of men; though it were not only by hazarding, but by laying down, his life: he could willingly be a sacrifice at their altars …
2936 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1109.15 (Matthew Henry)
… natural body: for all grace and strength are derived from him: and the church is his body, the fulness of him who filleth all in all, Ephesians 1:22, 1:23. (2.) He is the …
2937 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1109.27 (Matthew Henry)
… the church under the Old-Testament dispensation. They were in a state of minority, and training up for a more perfect state of things, and could not look to the …
2938 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1110.8 (Matthew Henry)
… those churches and Christians from whom we are absent in body; for the communion of saints is a spiritual thing. Paul had heard concerning the Colossians …
2939 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1110.21 (Matthew Henry)
… the body are united to the head, and receive life and nourishment from him. 2. The body of Christ is a growing body: it increaseth with the increase of God. The new …
2940 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1110.22 (Matthew Henry)
… the church, and introducing another law of commandments contained in ordinances, when Christ has abolished the old one, Ephesians 2:15. 3. Such things have …