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5741 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1052.13 (Matthew Henry)

… , the argument holds very strongly; if God justified and reconciled us when we were enemies, and put himself to so much charge to do it, much more will he save us …

5742 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1053.1 (Matthew Henry)

… of argument, presses the absolute necessity of sanctification and a holy life, as the inseparable fruit and companion of justification; for, wherever Jesus …

5743 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1053.2 (Matthew Henry)

… or arguments to enforce those exhortations, which show the necessity of it.

5744 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1053.6 (Matthew Henry)

… or arguments here used to show the necessity of sanctification. There is such an antipathy in our hearts by nature to holiness that it is no easy matter to …

5745 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1054.1 (Matthew Henry)

… an argument to press upon us sanctification, Romans 7:1-7:6. II. The excellency and usefulness of the law asserted and proved from the apostle’s own experience …

5746 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1054.2 (Matthew Henry)

… this argument is here further insisted upon and explained ( Romans 7:6 ): We are delivered from the law. What is meant by this? And how is it an argument why sin should …

5747 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.12 (Matthew Henry)

… other argument, love to our bodies should make us hate sin, because it is such an enemy to our bodies. The death even of the bodies of the saints is a remaining …

5748 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.23 (Matthew Henry)

… the arguments on both sides, and thus at last resolves the point. O how vastly different is the sentence of the word from the sentiment of the world concerning …

5750 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1058.24 (Matthew Henry)

… his argument ( Romans 11:24 ): “If thou wast grafted into a good olive, that was wild by nature, much more shall these that were the natural branches, and may therefore …

5751 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1058.30 (Matthew Henry)

… our arguments into awful and serious adorations. The glorified saints, that see furthest into these mysteries, never dispute, but praise to eternity.

5752 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1059.7 (Matthew Henry)

… .] The arguments to enforce this, which are three:— First, Consider the mercies of God: I beseech you by the mercies of God. An affectionate obtestation, and which …

5753 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1060.5 (Matthew Henry)

… that argument be referred ( Romans 13:2 ), Those that resist shall receive to themselves damnation : krima lepsontai, they shall be called to an account for it …

5754 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1061.11 (Matthew Henry)

… this argument against rash judging and despising, he shows how essential it is to true Christianity to have a regard to God and not to ourselves, which therefore …

5755 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.1 (Matthew Henry)

… pressing arguments. We may observe, in this chapter, I. His precepts to them. II. His prayers for them. III. His apology for writing to them. IV. His account of himself …

5756 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.6 (Matthew Henry)

… best argument against the selfishness of Christians. Observe,

5757 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.13 (Matthew Henry)

… an argument with them to seek it. We should have the glory of God in our eye in every prayer; therefore our first petition, as the foundation of all the rest, must …

5758 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.14 (Matthew Henry)

… cogent argument? Has Christ been so kind to us, and shall we be so unkind to those that are his? Was he so forward to entertain us, and shall we be backward to entertain …

5759 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.22 (Matthew Henry)

… with arguments. God is the God of hope. He is the foundation on which our hope is built, and he is the builder that doth himself raise it: he is both the object of …

5760 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.41 (Matthew Henry)

… the argument he had used with them to persuade them to it, and it is an argument of equal cogency to other Gentile churches.