Bible Commentaries

Exodus 25:31-40 — THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK "And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it: and there shall be six branches

Psalms 128:3-4 — "Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children, like olive plants, Round about thy table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah." "A fruitful vine" This simile of a faithful wife is quite

Psalms 74 overview — A LAMENT FOLLOWING THE FALL OF JERUSALEM This is another of the Psalms accredited to Asaph. However, "Asaph, like Jeduthun and Heman, became a tribe-name, attaching to all the descendants of the original Asaph, and was equivalent to `the son of Asaph.'"The

Isaiah 52:1-2 — "Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit on thy throne, O Jerusalem:

Matthew 2:2 — Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him. The Old Testament opens with a question, God seeking man, and asking, "Adam, where art thou?" (Genesis 3:9). The New Testament opens with

Acts 11:29-30 — And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judaea: which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. To send relief … What a commendable thing

1 Corinthians 2:1 — And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. Paul had been educated at Tarsus which Strabo preferred as a school of learning above either Alexandria or Athens, and also

2 Corinthians 1:4 — Who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. Affliction … Here is introduced the word which flies like a banner over

2 Corinthians 3:1 — Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we as some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? As Lipscomb said, "Against the usage of such letters in general, Paul here says nothing." David Lipscomb, Second Corinthians (Nashville:

2 Corinthians 7:2-4 — Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man. I say it not to condemn you: for I have said it before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and to live together. Great is my boldness of speech toward

Galatians 1:24 — And they glorified God in me. For thoughts regarding the glory of God, see under Galatians 1:5. As Pink said, "To honor that blessed One whose we are and whom we serve, to so conduct myself that fellow saints glorify God in me, that is to adorn

Colossians 4:7-8 — All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant of the Lord: whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts. All my affairs

1 Timothy 1:15 — Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: Faithful is the saying… There are five of these expressions in this group of letters, the other four being: 1 Timothy

2 Timothy 2:10 — Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. For the elect's sake … Disputes about whether this means those already saved or those to be saved in the

2 Timothy 2:11-13 — Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us: if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself. All of the nonsense

Titus 2:14 — who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. Who gave himself for us … As Zerr said, "This clearly shows that Christ is the particular

Titus 2:5 — to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed: Sober-minded… As noted above, this quality is actually to be manifested by all Christians. It means having all

Titus 3:5 — not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, Before taking up a line-by-line analysis of this, it is profitable to glance at

1 Peter 3:1-2 — In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if they obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear. Be in subjection to your own

2 Peter 3:15 — And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you; The longsuffering of our Lord … Indeed Paul did write of longsuffering, not only as an attribute