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8921 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1120.3 (Matthew Henry)
… might run (so it is in the original), that it might get ground, that the interest of religion in the world might go forward and not backward, and not only go forward …
8922 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1123.11 (Matthew Henry)
… it runs thus: “The pillar and ground of the truth, and without controversy great is the mystery of godliness .” He supposes this mystery to be the pillar, etc. Observe …
8923 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1128.7 (Matthew Henry)
… must run the race. And, further, we must first labour as the husbandman does, with diligence and patience, before we are partakers of the fruit; we must do the will …
8924 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1129.8 (Matthew Henry)
… error run themselves into more and more mistakes, and they will find it so at last, to their cost.
8925 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1129.9 (Matthew Henry)
… that runs may read. If Timothy would adhere to the truth as he had been taught it, this would arm him against the snares and insinuations of seducers. Observe …
8926 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1130.19 (Matthew Henry)
… was run. “ I have kept the faith. I have kept the doctrines of the gospel, and never betrayed any of them.” Note, First, The life of a Christian, but especially of a minister …
8927 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1132.5 (Matthew Henry)
… to run into corrupt opinions or parties, nor to be taken with Jewish fables or traditions, or the dotages of their rabbin. Those who are full of years should …
8928 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1132.25 (Matthew Henry)
… should run through all. Whether you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God, 1 Corinthians 10:31. Personal and relative duties must be done …
8929 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1133.5 (Matthew Henry)
… to run like furious wild beasts one upon another! The consideration of its having been thus with us should moderate our spirits, and dispose us to be more equal …
8930 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1134.23 (Matthew Henry)
… ever running from him, or injuring him any more: For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever, Philippians 1:15. There …
8931 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1136.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , and run out of our heads, lips, and lives, and we shall be great losers by our neglect. Learn, (1.) When we have received gospel truths into our minds, we are in danger …
8932 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1139.12 (Matthew Henry)
… not run without being sent; and, if he did not, surely others should be afraid to do it.
8933 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.11 (Matthew Henry)
… might run through them all in their several orders and frequent returns, and continue to do so all his days, and yet not find his conscience either pacified …
8934 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.32 (Matthew Henry)
… and run parallel with eternity; they can never spend it; their enemies can never take it from them, as they did their earthly goods. [4.] This will make a rich amends …
8935 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.4 (Matthew Henry)
… or run down the scripture-account of the creation, because it does not suit with some fantastic hypotheses of our own, which has been in some learned but conceited …
8936 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.68 (Matthew Henry)
… soon run beyond the bounds of an epistle; and therefore I shall but just mention a few more, and leave you to enlarge upon them.” Observe, 1. After all our researches …
8937 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1146.2 (Matthew Henry)
… , and run with patience the race set before them. The duty consists of two parts, the one preparatory, the other perfective.
8938 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1146.4 (Matthew Henry)
II. Perfective: Run with patience the race that is set before us. The apostle speaks in the gymnastic style, taken from the Olympic and other exercises.
8939 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1146.5 (Matthew Henry)
1. Christians have a race to run, a race of service and a race of sufferings, a course of active and passive obedience.
8940 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1146.6 (Matthew Henry)
… they run to, and the prize they run for, are set before them.