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97861 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1105.12 (Matthew Henry)
… 1:7. He loved them as his own soul, and they lay near his heart. He thought much of them, and was in care about them. Observe, 1. Why he had them in his heart: Inasmuch as …
97862 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1106.7 (Matthew Henry)
1. Here are the two natures of Christ: his divine nature and his human nature. (1.) Here is his divine nature: Who being in the form of God ( Philippians 2:6 ), partaking …
97863 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1106.11 (Matthew Henry)
… 13:7. Among whom you shine as lights in the world. Christ is the light of the world, and good Christians are lights in the world. When God raises up a good man in any …
97864 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1107.7 (Matthew Henry)
I. He shows what he had to boast of as a Jew and a Pharisee. Let none think that the apostle despised these things (as men commonly do) because he had them not himself …
97865 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1107.8 (Matthew Henry)
… 3:7 ); that is, those things which he had counted gain while he was a Pharisee, and which he had before reckoned up, these he counted loss for Christ. “I should have …
97866 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1107.20 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:20. The apostle warns people against such, (1.) Very frequently: I have told you often. We so little heed the warnings given us that we have need to have …
97867 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1107.24 (Matthew Henry)
… , Romans 7:24. Or it may be understood of its vileness when it lies in the grave; at the resurrection it will be found a vile body, resolved into rottenness and dust …
97868 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1108.7 (Matthew Henry)
III. He exhorts to holy joy and delight in God: Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, Rejoice, Philippians 4:4. All our joy must terminate in God; and our thoughts …
97869 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1108.10 (Matthew Henry)
… 4:7. The peace of God, that is, the comfortable sense of our reconciliation to God and interest in his favour, and the hope of the heavenly blessedness, and enjoyment …
97870 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1109.7 (Matthew Henry)
… 1:7, 1:8 ): As you also learned of Epaphras, our dear fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ. He mentions him with great respect, to engage their …
97871 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1109.10 (Matthew Henry)
… , John 7:17 .
97872 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1109.17 (Matthew Henry)
… 1:7; In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. (2.) In reconciliation to God. God by him reconciled all things to himself …
97873 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1109.26 (Matthew Henry)
… 3:7 ): According to the gift of the grace of God given unto me, by the effectual working of his power .
97874 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1110.7 (Matthew Henry)
4. The more intimate communion we have with our fellow-christians the more the soul prospers: Being knit together in love. Holy love knits the hearts of Christians …
97875 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1110.8 (Matthew Henry)
… 5:7, 10:38 .
97876 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1110.12 (Matthew Henry)
… 8:7 ), and the law was but a shadow of good things, and could never, by those sacrifices, make the comers thereunto perfect, Hebrews 10:1. But all the defects of it are …
97877 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1111.7 (Matthew Henry)
3. Because at the second coming of Christ we hope for the perfection of our happiness. If we live a life of Christian purity and devotion now, when Christ, who …
97878 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1111.8 (Matthew Henry)
… , Romans 7:24. He specifies,
97879 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1111.10 (Matthew Henry)
… , 3:7. 1. Because, if we do not kill them, they will kill us: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience, Colossians 3:6. See what we …
97880 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1111.13 (Matthew Henry)
… them. (7.) A readiness to forgive injuries: Forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any. While we are in this world, where there is so much corruption …