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33601 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 253.7 (Matthew Henry)

… offer spiritual sacrifices it concerns us, by sequestering ourselves from the world and renewing the dedication of ourselves to God, to sanctify ourselves …

33602 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 258.7 (Matthew Henry)

… are spiritual priests, and the offerings of the Lord shall be their inheritance; they eat the bread of their God. He pleads that the bread is in a manner common …

33603 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 259.6 (Matthew Henry)

… or spiritual guide. Being a prophet, he would pray for him and instruct him in the mind of God; and David, though he was himself a prophet, was glad of his assistance …

33604 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 265.10 (Matthew Henry)

… , because spiritual beings. Poor gods that ascend out of the earth ! But she speaks the language of the heathen, who had their infernal deities and had them in …

33605 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 267.8 (Matthew Henry)

… their spiritual pursuits and conflicts; but, where we are weak, there he is kind; nay, more there he is strong, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 12:10 .

33606 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 267.10 (Matthew Henry)

… our spiritual enemies more advantage against us than sensuality and the indulgence of the flesh. Eating, and drinking, and dancing, have been the soft and …

33607 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 268.4 (Matthew Henry)

… the spiritual or eternal state of any by the manner of their death; for in that there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked .

33608 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 273.14 (Matthew Henry)

… our spiritual enemies, that he will tread Satan under our feet shortly, should animate us in our spiritual conflicts. We do not fight at uncertainty. David …

33609 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 275.11 (Matthew Henry)

… his spiritual seed. If children, then heirs. (2.) That he would settle him in the throne: I will establish his kingdom ( 2 Samuel 7:12 ), the throne of his kingdom, 2 Samuel …

33610 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 275.12 (Matthew Henry)

… his spiritual seed. True believers have their infirmities, for which they may expect to be corrected, but they shall not be cast off. Every transgression in …

33611 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 276.7 (Matthew Henry)

… the spiritual battles, others in the spiritual buildings; and one prepares work for the other, that God may have the glory of all. All David’s victories were …

33612 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 276.11 (Matthew Henry)

… , Christ’s spiritual seed, are better preferred, for they are made to our God kings and priests, Revelation 1:6 .

33613 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 278.9 (Matthew Henry)

… their spiritual warfare. The strong must succour and help the weak. Those that through grace are conquerors over temptation must counsel, and comfort, and …

33614 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 285.4 (Matthew Henry)

… our spiritual warfare. If Satan flee from us, let us follow our blow. Those that have quarrelled with crowned heads have generally observed the decorum of …

33615 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 289.11 (Matthew Henry)

… . In spiritual conflicts, even strong saints sometimes wax faint; then Satan attacks them furiously; but those that stand their ground and resist him shall …

33616 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 291.18 (Matthew Henry)

… the spiritual enemies of his kingdom, and in his strength are more than conquerors. Christ’s apostles were his immediate attendants, did and suffered great …

33617 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 292.17 (Matthew Henry)

… him spiritual sacrifices is a comfortable evidence of his reconciling us to himself. 2. That peace is made between God and sinners by sacrifice, and not otherwise …

33618 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 295.12 (Matthew Henry)

… prefer spiritual blessings to temporal, and are more solicitous to be found in the way of their duty than in the way to preferment. But that was not all; it was …

33619 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 296.7 (Matthew Henry)

… . God’s spiritual Israel are many, at least they will be so when they come all together, Revelation 7:9. (2.) They were easy, they dwelt safely, or with confidence and …

33620 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 298.1 (Matthew Henry)

… its spiritual significancy, one of the glories of the church. Here is, I. The time when it was built ( 1 Kings 6:1 ), and how long it was in the building, 1 Kings 6:37, 6:38 …