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92601 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1087.1 (Matthew Henry)
… Christian faith; and, though many of them had not so much affection to the Gentile converts as they ought to have had, yet the apostle would have the Gentiles …
92602 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1087.8 (Matthew Henry)
… in. Faith is mentioned first, for that is the root; and, as without faith it is impossible to please God ( Hebrews 11:6 ), so those who abound in faith will abound in …
92603 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1087.16 (Matthew Henry)
… counted faithful and employed in his service. Wherefore, upon the whole, he exhorts them to show their liberality, answerable to the great expectation others …
92604 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1088.9 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith, whose wants are great, how ready should we be to do them good! Our goodness can not extend unto God, but we should freely extend it to these excellent …
92605 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1089.6 (Matthew Henry)
… from faith and obedience to the gospel, and secures his possession of the hearts of men, as his own house or property. But then observe, [2.] The conquest which the …
92606 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1089.9 (Matthew Henry)
… same faith, we walk by the same rule, we build upon the same foundation, and hope for the same inheritance.
92607 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1089.15 (Matthew Henry)
… their faith was increased, and that others beyond them, even in the remoter parts of Achaia, would embrace the gospel also; and in all this he exceeded not his …
92608 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1090.2 (Matthew Henry)
… , and faithful, not having their minds corrupted with false doctrines by false teachers, as Eve was beguiled by the subtlety of the serpent. This godly jealousy …
92609 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1090.10 (Matthew Henry)
… him faithful, and had put him into the ministry. He had been a useful minister of Christ unto them; they had found full proofs of his ministry: Are they ministers …
92610 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1091.3 (Matthew Henry)
… our faith and hope. 2. The modest and humble manner in which the apostle mentions this matter is observable. One would be apt to think that one who had had such …
92611 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1091.8 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith, yet he does not always answer it in the letter; as he sometimes grants in wrath, so he sometimes denies in love. (2.) When God does not remove our troubles …
92612 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1091.12 (Matthew Henry)
… a faithful minister of the gospel. 1. He was not willing to be burdensome to them, nor did he seek theirs, but them. He says ( 2 Corinthians 12:13 ) he had not been burdensome …
92613 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1092.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the faith, if Jesus Christ was in them, this was a proof that Christ spoke in him, because it was by his ministry that they did believe. He had been not only an instructor …
92614 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1092.7 (Matthew Henry)
… of faithful ministers of the gospel is that the gospel they preach may be honoured, however their persons may be vilified. (2.) The best way to adorn our holy religion …
92615 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1092.13 (Matthew Henry)
… by faith to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost—to live in a continual regard to the three persons in the Trinity, into whose name we were baptized, and in whose name we …
92616 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1093.1 (Matthew Henry)
… the faith ( Galatians 1:6-1:9 ), and then proves his own apostleship, which his enemies had brought them to question, I. From his end and design in preaching the gospel …
92617 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1093.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the faith and establishment in it, writes this epistle to them. He directs it to all of them, as being all more or less concerned in the matter of it; and he gives …
92618 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1093.7 (Matthew Henry)
Here the apostle comes to the body of the epistle; and he begins it with a more general reproof of these churches for their unsteadiness in the faith, which he afterwards, in some following parts of it, enlarges more upon. Here we may observe,
92619 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1093.8 (Matthew Henry)
… be faithful, so we should also be gentle, and endeavour to restore them in the spirit of meekness, Galatians 6:1 .
92620 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1093.11 (Matthew Henry)
… his faithfulness to Christ. Thus, from the sincerity of his aims and intentions in the discharge of his office, he proves that he was truly an apostle of Christ …