Bible Commentaries

Exodus 20:14 — VII. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENTTHOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY "Thou shalt not commit adultery." As in most of the others, here God did not give a reason for this prohibition. None was needed. This sin is so shocking, terrible, and invariably wicked, that

Ecclesiastes 7:15-18 — EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL RULE As a general principle, it is certain that God blesses the righteous and judges the wicked; but Solomon here deals with exceptions that he has seen in the operation of this law. "All this have I seen in my days of vanity;

Isaiah 59:15-21 — "And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it upheld him. And he put on

Zechariah 9 overview — Whereas the first eight chapters featured the concerns relative to the building of the physical temple, without at all leaving out of sight the far more important matter of the ultimate building of the true temple, the church or kingdom of Christ, at

Matthew 27:51 — And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. The Ripping of the Curtain of the Temple The miracle in this instance, other than its timing which is a feature of all these wonders, was that a veil untouched by human hands

Deuteronomy 5:1-33 — "And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. And Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Jehovah

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 — "Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah; and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them

Mark 4:10-12 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables. And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables: that seeing they

Acts 11:25-26 — And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called

Romans 5:1 — Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Justified by faith … has invariably the meaning of "justified by an obedient faith," as in the case of Abraham. See the preceding chapter. Also,

Romans 8:28 — And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. All things … includes all sufferings, sorrows, infirmities, and everything else of a discouraging and calamitous

Galatians 5:22-23 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. Most of these wonderful virtues are subjective, lying within the hearts of Christians, but kindness,

Ephesians 1:22-23 — And he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. It is not merely the fact of Christ's universal, eternal power which Paul

Ephesians 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. Every spiritual blessing … There are no spiritual blessings of any kind whatever, other than "in

Philippians 4:6 — In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. In nothing be anxious … In Matthew 6:25-34, our Lord gave extensive admonition on the subject of anxiety; and reference

2 Timothy 3:17 — that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work. The man of God here is not merely Timothy. "Man" is generic and means "human being." All persons who walk in the way of God are made complete and completely

Hebrews 11:3 — By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear. As was noted by Barmby, Commentators who perceive here a reference either to the formless void (Genesis 1:2)

Hebrews 12:28-29 — Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: for our God is a consuming fire. There is a marked resemblance in this exhortation with that of Peter who

1 Peter 3:18 — Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; Suffered for our sins … The great atonement of Christ is denoted by this.

Revelation 7 overview — The visions of this chapter actually relate to conditions with God's church during the entire period of the seals and leading up to the final judgment depicted at the end of Revelation 6. They are introduced here retrospectively for the encouragement