Bible Commentaries

Romans 10:16-18 — 10:16-18: But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So belief (cometh) of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 18 But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out

Romans 10:9-11 — 10:9-11: because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus (as) Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: 10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made

Romans 11:26-27 — 11:26-27: and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins. According to Paul “all

Romans 16:17-20 — 16:17-20: Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly;

Romans 2:25-27 — 2:25-27: For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. 26 If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision

Romans 5:1 — 5:1: Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; This chapter opens with a conclusion (“therefore”). This conclusion is based upon the first four chapters, especially the end of chapter 4. Paul’s

1 Corinthians 1:18 — 1:18: For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. The ASV offers an easier understanding of this verse than the KJV. Paul spoke of the “word” (logos) “of the cross.”

1 Corinthians 1:20 — 1:20-21: Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure

1 Corinthians 10:2 — times using nature. Such is also true in the life of Jesus. Our Lord demonstrated His power by walking on water (Mark 6:49); calming a storm (Mark 4:37-39); and helping the disciples catch several fish (Luke 5:5-7). He used the sea to help pay a tax (Matthew 17:27). A cloud was used at the transfiguration (Matthew 17:5) and to mask Jesus’ return to heaven (Acts 1:9). Because the Hebrews had the Red Sea experience, it seems they felt virtually immune to divine chastisement or punishment. Paul

1 Corinthians 13:6 — 13:6: rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness (the KJV says “Rejoiceth not in iniquity”). “Unrighteousness” (adikia) occurs 25 times in the New Testament and it

1 Corinthians 14:25 — 14:25: the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed. The discussion in verse 24 about evangelizing the unsaved is also the subject in this verse. Here Paul

1 Corinthians 14:31 — 14:31: For ye all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted; Prior to this verse Paul said tongue speakers (verse 27) were to speak “in turn.” Here he made this same point about those who could “prophesy”

1 Corinthians 15:24-26 — 15:24-26: Then (cometh) the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy

1 Corinthians 2:15-16 — 2:15-16: But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. In verses 13 and 15 Paul used the word “spiritual”

1 Corinthians 3:8-9 — 3:8-9: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building. In the earlier verses it was noted

1 Corinthians 4:16-17 — 4:16-17: I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in

1 Corinthians 7:19 — 7:19: Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God. Any ancient Jew would have been shocked by hearing a Christian say, “circumcision is nothing.” Circumcision, the removal of the male

1 Corinthians 7:7 — 7:7: Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that. Paul wished that “all” (i.e. all mankind) were like him, but he did not specify what he was

1 Corinthians 9:13 — 9:13: Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar? Here is the fifth illustration Paul used to affirm that preachers are to be paid. “Some

1 Corinthians 9:8-10 — 9:8-10: Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth, 10 or saith he it