Bible Commentaries

Genesis 1:3 — 3. Y dijo Dios. Moisés introduce aquí por primera vez a Dios en el acto de hablar, como si hubiera creado la masa del cielo y la tierra sin la Palabra (48). Sin embargo, Juan testifica que 'Sin él no se hizo nada de lo que se ha hecho'  ( Juan 1:3). Y

Psalms 10:16 — callarlo dentro de los límites del tiempo. Como el curso de la vida humana es corto, incluso aquellos que influyen en el cetro sobre los grandes imperios, siendo solo hombres mortales, muy a menudo decepcionan las expectativas de sus sirvientes, (234) como se nos enseña en Salmo 146:3, “No confíes en los príncipes, ni en el hijo del hombre, en quien no hay ayuda. Sale su aliento, regresa a su tierra; en ese mismo día sus pensamientos perecen ". A menudo, el poder de brindar asistencia a los demás

Psalms 69:28 — Ezequiel usa un lenguaje de importancia similar cuando dice: "Y mi mano estará sobre los profetas que ven vanidad, y esas mentiras divinas: no estarán en la asamblea de mi pueblo, ni serán escritos en la escritura de la casa de Israel ". ( Ezequiel 13:9) Eso, sin embargo, sigue siendo cierto, lo que dice el apóstol Juan ( 1 Juan 2:19) de que ninguno de los que alguna vez fueron realmente los hijos de Dios finalmente se apartará o quedará completamente cortado. (96) Pero como los hipócritas se jactan

Psalms 91:13 — 13.Thou shalt walk over the lion and asp. The same truth is here expressed in different words. He had already spoken of the obstacles which Satan throws in our course under the figure of a stone. Now he speaks of the formidable troubles to which we are

Isaiah 42:3 — 3.A bruised reed he shall not break. After having declared in general that Christ will be unlike earthly princes, he next mentions his mildness in this respect, that he will support the weak and feeble. This is what he means by the metaphor of “the

Isaiah 42:3 — 3. Una caña magullada que no debe romper. Después de haber declarado en general que Cristo será diferente a los príncipes terrenales, a continuación menciona su gentileza a este respecto, que apoyará a los débiles y débiles. Esto es lo que quiere decir

Lamentations 4:20 — Christ. On the other hand, as long as there is between him and us a sacred union, though our life is hid, and we die, yet we live in him, and though we are dead to the world, yet our life is in heaven, as also Paul and Peter call us thither. (Colossians 3:3; 2 Peter 3:16.) In short, Jeremiah means that the favor of God was as it were extinguished when the king was taken away, because the happiness of the people depended on the king, and the royal dignity was as it were a sure pledge of the grace and

Ezekiel 18:30 — lo primero en orden, cuando dejamos de lado nuestros vicios peculiares y renunciamos a la carne y la sangre, los frutos y las pruebas de arrepentimiento que se cree seguir, como dijo Juan, traigan frutos como testigos de su arrepentimiento. ( Mateo 3:8; Lucas 3:8.) Vemos, entonces, que el Profeta comienza con la pureza de corazón, y luego llega a las manos, como dice la Escritura en otra parte, pedernal es, para trabajos externos. Él dice, de todas sus iniquidades o crímenes, para mostrar que un

Mark 1:1 — then came to an end, (John 1:17.) “The Law and the Prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, ” (Luke 16:16 .)And with this agrees most fully the quotation which he makes from the Prophet Malachi, (Malachi 3:1.) In order to inflame the minds of his people with a stronger desire of the promised salvation, the Lord had determined to leave them, for a time, without new prophecies. We know that the last of the true and lawful prophets was Malachi. That the

Mark 1:1 — los Profetas entonces llegó a su fin, ( Juan 1:17.) "La Ley y los Profetas fueron hasta Juan: desde entonces se predica el reino de Dios", ( Lucas 16:16 .) Y con esto está totalmente de acuerdo la cita que hace del Profeta Malaquías, ( Malaquías 3:1.) Para inflamar las mentes de su pueblo con un deseo más fuerte de la salvación prometida, el Señor había decidido dejarlos, por un tiempo, sin nuevas profecías. Sabemos que el último de los verdaderos y legítimos profetas fue Malaquías. Para que

Mark 3:13 — Marco 3:13 . Y subió a una montaña. En esta elección, todavía no los ordena ser apóstoles, para que ingresen de inmediato en el desempeño de su cargo, sino que simplemente los admite a disfrutar de sus instrucciones privadas (348) con miras al apostolado.

Luke 1:32 — 32.He shall be great The angel had said the same thing about John the Baptist, and yet did not intend to make him equal to Christ. But the Baptist is great in his own class, while the greatness of Christ is immediately explained to be such as raises him

1 Corinthians 1:9 — all who have entered on the right way of salvation, and are still persevering in that course, notwithstanding that they are at the same time still beset with really distempers. Every one of us, too, from the time of his being illuminated (Hebrews 10:32) by the Spirit of God in the knowledge of Christ, ought to conclude with certainty from this that he has been adopted by the Lord to an inheritance of eternal life. For effectual calling ought to be to believers an evidence of divine adoption; yet

1 Corinthians 16:12 — 12.As to our brother Apollos. He had succeeded Paul in the work of building up the Corinthians; and hence he has in previous passages ascribed to him the office of watering. (1 Corinthians 3:6, and Acts 19:1.) He now states a reason why he does not come with the others, and he states the reason of this, in order that the Corinthians may not suspect that he had been hindered by him. For the better he was known by them, they were so much

1 Corinthians 5:3 — 3.I truly, etc. As the Corinthians were wanting in their duty, having condemned their negligence, he now shows what ought to be done. In order that this stain may be removed, they must cast out this incestuous person from the society of the faithful.

2 Corinthians 1:20 — las promesas son testimonios de su bondad paternal hacia nosotros. Por lo tanto, se deduce que solo en él se cumplen. Las promesas, digo, son testimonios de la gracia divina: porque aunque Dios muestra amabilidad incluso con los indignos, ( Lucas 6:35), sin embargo, cuando se hacen promesas además de sus actos de bondad, hay un especial razón: que en ellos se declara a sí mismo como un Padre. En segundo lugar, no estamos calificados para disfrutar las promesas de Dios, a menos que hayamos recibido

2 Corinthians 5:21 — by sin? It is the guilt, on account of which we are arraigned at the bar of God. As, however, the curse of the individual was of old cast upon the victim, so Christ’s condemnation was our absolution, and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5.) The righteousness of God in him In the first place, the righteousness of God is taken here to denote — not that which is given us by God, but that which is approved of by him, as in John 12:43, the glory of God means — that which is

Ephesians 3:5 — explain the word mystery, and then inquire why it is said to have remained unknown in all ages. The mystery was, “that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel.”(Ephesians 3:6.) When this name is given to the gospel, it has other meanings, which do not apply to the present passage. The calling of the Gentiles, then, was a “mystery of Christ;” that is, it was to be fulfilled under the reign of Christ. But why

Ephesians 6:4 — exhorted not to irritate their children by unreasonable severity. This would excite hatred, and would lead them to throw off the yoke altogether. Accordingly, in writing to the Colossians, he adds, “lest they be discouraged.” (Colossians 3:21.) Kind and liberal treatment has rather a tendency to cherish reverence for their parents, and to increase the cheerfulness and activity of their obedience, while a harsh and unkind manner rouses them to obstinacy, and destroys the natural affections.

1 Peter 2:2 — doves.”(Matthew 10:16.) And thus is solved the question which might have been otherwise raised. (19) Paul reproves the Corinthians because they were like children, and therefore they could not take strong food, but were fed with milk. (1 Corinthians 3:1.) Almost the same words are found in Hebrews 5:12. But in these passages those are compared to children who remain always novices and ignorant scholars in the doctrine of religion, who continued in the first elements, and never penetrated into the