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2941 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1111.16 (Matthew Henry)
… the church, and as their own bodies, and even as themselves ( Ephesians 5:25, 5:28, 5:33 ), with a love peculiar to the nearest relation and the greatest comfort and …
2942 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1114.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the churches. To the labour of the ministry he added that of his calling, as a tent-maker, that he might get his own bread. We are not to suppose that the apostle …
2943 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1120.12 (Matthew Henry)
… the church would maintain them: whatever was the cause, they were much to blame. (2.) There were busy-bodies among them: and it should seem, by the connection, that …
2944 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1125.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the churches of Christ in these days should follow so good an example, as far as they are able. 2. In the distribution of the church’s charity, or alms, great care …
2945 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1128.18 (Matthew Henry)
… the church, the infecting of one often proves the infecting of many, or the infecting of the same person with one error often proves the infecting of him with …
2946 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1129.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the church’s edification. 2. Covetousness. Observe, Self-love brings in a long train of sins and mischiefs. When men are lovers of themselves, no good can be expected …
2947 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1131.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the church of God, over which the Holy Ghost has made them overseers. Observe, 1. A church without a fixed and standing ministry in it is imperfect and wanting …
2948 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1132.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the church ), but otherwise teach they may and should, that is, by example and good life. Hence observe, Those whose actions and behaviour become holiness are …
2949 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1132.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the church: and he is the saviour of the body. God would have a resemblance of Christ’s authority over the church held forth in the husband’s over the wife. Christ …
2950 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1133.23 (Matthew Henry)
… the churches. Zenas is styled the lawyer, whether in reference to the Roman or the Mosaic law, as having some time been his profession, is doubtful. Apollos was …
2951 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1134.38 (Matthew Henry)
… his church. To all those offices were there anointings under the law with oil, and to them was the Saviour spiritually anointed with the Holy Ghost, Acts 10 …
2952 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1139.25 (Matthew Henry)
… the church babes and persons of full age ( Hebrews 5:12-5:14 ), and there are in the gospel milk and strong meat. Observe, 1. Those that are babes, unskillful in the word …
2953 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1142.2 (Matthew Henry)
… his church, executing this office for them all in general, and every member of the church in particular.
2954 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.33 (Matthew Henry)
… whole church (all his mystical body), and give them an ample and glorious reward in the most public manner. There is an appointed time for both, and beyond that …
2955 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.36 (Matthew Henry)
… the church of God at one blow: a most terrible trial! (2.) That this Isaac was his only-begotten son by his wife Sarah, the only one he was to have by her, and the only …
2956 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1146.39 (Matthew Henry)
… the church of God were shaken and removed; and shall we despise that voice of God that pulled down a church and state of so long standing and of God’s own building …
2957 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1154.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the church (as 1 Peter 1:20 ), and precious, a most honourable, choice, worthy person in himself, in the esteem of God, and in the judgment of all who believe on him. To …
2958 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1154.10 (Matthew Henry)
… Christian church and constitution to these dispersed Jews. It was natural for them to object that the Christian church had no such glorious temple, nor such …
2959 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1155.23 (Matthew Henry)
… the church and of the world ever since he was first promised to Adam, Genesis 3:15. He went, not by a local motion, but by special operation, as God is frequently …
2960 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1157.22 (Matthew Henry)
… that church, which was the chief of the dispersion), sends the salutation of that church to the other churches to whom he wrote ( 1 Peter 5:13 ), telling them that …