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5761 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1069.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the argument. “Shall Christians have the honour to sit with the sovereign Judge at the last day, whilst he passes judgment on sinful men and evil angels, and …
5762 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1069.10 (Matthew Henry)
… good argument against being under their power in the present life. This seems to me the sense of the apostle’s argument; and that this passage is plainly to …
5763 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1069.11 (Matthew Henry)
… first argument he uses against this sin, for which the heathen inhabitants of Corinth were infamous, and the converts to Christianity retained too favourable …
5764 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1069.12 (Matthew Henry)
… second argument against this sin, the honour intended to be put on our bodies: God hath both raised up our Lord, and will raise us up by his power ( 1 Corinthians …
5765 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1069.13 (Matthew Henry)
… third argument is the honour already put on them: Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ ? 1 Corinthians 6:15. If the soul be united to Christ by …
5766 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1069.14 (Matthew Henry)
… fourth argument is that it is a sin against our own bodies. Every sin that a man does is without the body; he that committeth fornication sinneth against his …
5767 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1069.15 (Matthew Henry)
… fifth argument against this sin is that the bodies of Christians are the temples of the Holy Ghost which is in them, and which they have of God, 1 Corinthians …
5768 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1070.15 (Matthew Henry)
… an argument to break through any natural or civil obligations. He should quietly and comfortably abide in the condition in which he is; and this he may well …
5769 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1070.21 (Matthew Henry)
… an argument is this to enforce the former advice! How irrational is it to be affected with the images, the fading and transient images, of a dream! Surely man …
5770 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1072.1 (Matthew Henry)
… several arguments from natural reason and the Mosaical law, and asserts it also to be a constitution of Christ, 1 Corinthians 9:3-9:14. III. He shows that he had …
5771 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1072.5 (Matthew Henry)
… several arguments, to prove his claim. 1. From the common practice and expectations of mankind. Those who addict and give themselves up to any way of business …
5772 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1072.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the argument, by laying before them the encouraging hope he had of a large recompence for his remarkable self-denial: What is my reward then ? 1 Corinthians …
5773 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1072.19 (Matthew Henry)
… proper arguments drawn from the same contenders. 1. They take pains, and undergo all those hardships, to obtain a corruptible crown ( 1 Corinthians 9:25 ), but we …
5774 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1073.1 (Matthew Henry)
… the argument at the close of the last, and, I. Warns the Corinthians against security, by the example of the Jews, who, notwithstanding their profession and privileges …
5775 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1073.9 (Matthew Henry)
… this argument he grounds another caution against idolatry: Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. Observe, 1. How he addresses them: My dearly beloved …
5776 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1073.11 (Matthew Henry)
… his argument with an appeal to their own reason and judgment: “ I speak to wise men, judge you what I say, 1 Corinthians 10:15. You are great pretenders to wisdom …
5777 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1073.12 (Matthew Henry)
… his argument from the Lord’s supper: The cup which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of …
5778 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1073.14 (Matthew Henry)
… the argument against feasting with idolaters on their sacrifices, and to prove those that do so idolaters. This he does, 1. By following the principle on which …
5779 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1074.2 (Matthew Henry)
… his argument; and the way of speaking in the Romans 11:2 looks like a transition to another. But, whether it more properly belong to this or the last chapter, it …
5780 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1074.7 (Matthew Henry)
… his argument with a caution lest the inference be carried too far ( Romans 11:11, 11:12 ): Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without …