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93141 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.6 (Matthew Henry)
… by faith, we must be sanctified by hope. That we may be saved by hope we must be purified by hope. It is the hope of hypocrites, and not of the sons of God, that makes …
93142 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.20 (Matthew Henry)
… our faith in Christ, of which this love to our brethren is one, which leads us to characterize this love that is such a mark of our justified state. It is not a zeal …
93143 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.22 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith in Christ, and is thereupon a note of our passage from death to life.
93144 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.25 (Matthew Henry)
… your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all —I shall congratulate your felicity, Philippians 2:17 ), or in exposing ourselves to hazards, when called thereto, for …
93145 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.31 (Matthew Henry)
… . This faith is a needful requisite to those who would be prevalent petitioners with God, because it is by the Son that we must come to the Father; through his …
93146 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.32 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith and love, dwelleth in him, and he in him, 1 John 3:24. We dwell in God by a happy relation to him, and spiritual union with him, through his Son, and by a holy converse …
93147 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1164.5 (Matthew Henry)
… and faithfulness of God, the ancient word and prophecies of God, the signals and testimonials of God, must know that he is with us; and he who knows this will attend …
93148 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1164.11 (Matthew Henry)
… ; so faith is perfected by its works, and love perfected by its operations. When the divine love has wrought us to the same image, to the love of God, and thereupon …
93149 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1164.12 (Matthew Henry)
Since faith in Christ works love to God, and love to God must kindle love to the brethren, the apostle here confirms the prime article of the Christian faith as the foundation of such love. Here,
93150 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1164.14 (Matthew Henry)
… include faith in the heart as the foundation of it, acknowledgment with the mouth to the glory of God and Christ, and profession in the life and conduct, in opposition …
93151 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1164.15 (Matthew Henry)
… revealed faith are but so many articles relating to the divine love. The history of the Lord Christ is the history of God’s love to us; all his transactions …
93152 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1164.19 (Matthew Henry)
… , and faithful to his promise, so we can easily be persuaded of his love, and the happy fruits of his love, when we can say, Thou that knowest all things knowest that …
93153 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.1 (Matthew Henry)
… their faith, 1 John 5:6-5:10. V. The advantage of their faith in eternal life, 1 John 5:11-5:13. VI. The audience of their prayers, unless for those who have sinned unto …
93154 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.2 (Matthew Henry)
… his faith; he that believeth that Jesus is the Christ —that he is Messiah the prince, that he is the Son of God by nature and office, that he is the chief of all the …
93155 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.3 (Matthew Henry)
… our faith, 1 John 5:4. Faith is the cause of victory, the means, the instrument, the spiritual armour and artillery by which we overcome; for, (1.) In and by faith we cleave …
93156 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.4 (Matthew Henry)
… this faith overcome the world. For, 1. He must be well satisfied that this world is a vehement enemy to his soul, to his holiness, his salvation, and his blessedness …
93157 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.5 (Matthew Henry)
The faith of the Christian believer (or the believer in Christ) being thus mighty and victorious, it had need to be well founded, to be furnished with unquestionable …
93158 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.9 (Matthew Henry)
… through faith in his blood, or a propitiation in or by his blood through faith, to declare his righteousness, that he may be just, and the justifier of him that …
93159 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.17 (Matthew Henry)
… Christian’s faith in overcoming the world, and the foundation it relies upon in adhering to Jesus Christ, and the various testimony that was attended him …
93160 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.19 (Matthew Henry)
… and faithful must he be to whom the Spirit of holiness sets his seal and solemn testimony. So he did to the Lord Jesus, the head of the Christian world; and that …