Bible Commentaries

Genesis 13:3 — 3. Y se fue de viaje. En estas palabras, Moisés nos enseña que Abram no descansó hasta que regresó a Betel. Porque aunque lanzó su tienda de campaña en muchos lugares, sin embargo, en ninguna parte fijó su pie, como para hacerla su residencia permanente.

Genesis 7:3 — 3. Para preservar la descendencia sobre la faz de toda la tierra. Es decir, para que así pueda nacer descendencia. Pero esto se refiere a Noé; porque aunque, estrictamente hablando, solo Dios da vida, aquí Dios se refiere a los deberes que había encomendado

Jeremiah 1:15 — effectual had not this declaration been expressly added — that the Chaldeans would come by the authority of God; for men are ever wont to ascribe to fortune whatever takes place: and we shall hereafter see in the Book of Lamentations (Lamentations 3:37) that the Jews were so besotted, that in their calamities they attributed to the events of fortune the destruction of the temple and city, and the ruin of the kingdom. Hence God sharply expostulated with them, because they were so blind in a matter

Ezekiel 16:20 — idolatry when you did deprive me of them. He will soon call them again his own in the same sense. A question arises here, how God reckons among his sons those who were complete strangers to him? He had said in the beginning of the chapter (Ezekiel 1:3) that the people derived their origin from the Amorites and Hittites, since they had declined from the piety of Abraham and the other fathers. Since then the Jews were cast off while they were in Egypt, and after that had been such breakers of the covenant

Ezekiel 16:20 — idolatría cuando me privó de ellos. Pronto los volverá a llamar suyos en el mismo sentido. Aquí surge una pregunta, ¿cómo Dios reconoce entre sus hijos a los que eran completamente extraños para él? Había dicho al comienzo del capítulo ( Ezequiel 1:3) que la gente derivaba su origen de los amorreos y hititas, ya que habían declinado de la piedad de Abraham y los otros padres. Desde entonces, los judíos fueron expulsados ​​mientras estaban en Egipto, y después de eso habían sido tan rompedores del

John 20:22 — heaven, is a task far beyond human capacity. We need not be astonished, therefore, that no man is found qualified unless he be inspired by the Holy Spirit; for no man can speak a word concerning Christ unless the Spirit guide his tongue, (1 Corinthians 12:3;) so far is it from being true that there is any man who is competent to discharge faithfully and honestly all the duties of so excellent an office. Again, it is the glory of Christ alone to form those whom he appoints to be teachers of his Church;

John 20:22 — debemos sorprendernos, por lo tanto, de que ningún hombre se encuentre calificado a menos que sea inspirado por el Espíritu Santo; porque ningún hombre puede hablar una palabra acerca de Cristo a menos que el Espíritu guíe su lengua, ( 1 Corintios 12:3;) hasta ahora está lejos de ser cierto que hay algún hombre que sea competente para cumplir fiel y honestamente todos los deberes de tan excelente oficina. Nuevamente, es la gloria de Cristo solo formar a quienes él designa como maestros de su Iglesia;

Romans 1:17 — 17. Para (39) la justicia de Dios, etc. Esta es una explicación y Una confirmación de la cláusula anterior: que el evangelio es el poder de Dios para salvación. Porque si buscamos la salvación, es decir, la vida con Dios, primero debe buscarse la justicia, mediante

Romans 6:4 — visible symbol is confirmed and ratified by their faith. In short, he teaches what is the real character of baptism when rightly received. So he testifies to the Galatians, that all who have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. (Galatians 3:27.) Thus indeed must we speak, as long as the institution of the Lord and the faith of the godly unite together; for we never have naked and empty symbols, except when our ingratitude and wickedness hinder the working of divine beneficence. (185) By

Romans 9:3 — 3. Porque podría desear, etc. No podría haber expresado un mayor ardor de amor que por lo que testifica aquí; porque ese es seguramente un amor perfecto que se niega a no morir por la salvación de un amigo. Pero hay otra palabra añadida, anatema, que

Romans 9:4 — is put here instead of a causative adverb. In like manner this anxiety took hold on Moses, when he desired that he should be blotted out of the book of life, rather than that the holy and chosen race of Abraham should be reduced to nothing. (Exodus 32:32.) Then in addition to his kind feeling, he mentions also other reasons, and those of a higher kind, which made him to favor the Jews, even because the Lord had, as it were, by a kind of privilege, so raised them, that they were separated from the

1 Corinthians 11:10 — woman to have power (628) From that authority he draws an argument (629) in favor of outward decorum. “She is subject,” says he, “let her then wear a token of subjection.” In the term power, there is an instance of metonymy, (630) for he means a token by which she declares herself to be under the power of her husband; and it is a covering, whether it be a robe, or a veil, (631) or any other kind of covering. (632) It is asked, whether he speaks of married women exclusively,

1 Corinthians 11:12 — forth nature as the mistress of decorum, and what was at that time in common use by universal consent and custom — even among the Greeks — he speaks of as being natural, for it was not always reckoned a disgrace for men to have long hair. (638) Historical records bear, that in all countries in ancient times, that is, in the first ages, men wore long hair. Hence also the poets, in speaking of the ancients, are accustomed to apply to them the common epithet of unshorn (639) It was not until

1 Corinthians 12:8 — the sun scatters his rays in every direction. As to the difference between these gifts, knowledge (or understanding) and wisdom are taken in different senses in the Scriptures, but here I take them in the way of less and greater, as in Colossians 2:3, where they are also joined together, when Paul says, that in Christ are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Knowledge, therefore, in my opinion, means acquaintance with sacred things — Wisdom, on the other hand, means the perfection

1 Corinthians 13:13 — 13.But now remaineth faith, hope, love. This is a conclusion from what goes before — that love is more excellent than other gifts; but in place of the enumeration of gifts that he had previously made, he now putsfaith and hope along with love, as

1 Corinthians 2:3 — 3.And I was with you in weakness He explains at greater length what he had previously touched upon — that he had nothing shining or excellent in him in the eyes of men, to raise him to distinction. He concedes, however, to his adversaries what they

Galatians 2:2 — while teachers of acknowledged eminence are found to entertain opposite views. Nay, strong believers are sometimes powerfully affected by this stratagem of Satan, when he holds out to their view the “strife and divisions” (1 Corinthians 3:3) of those who ought to have been “perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” (1 Corinthians 1:10.) It is hard to tell how many were driven from the gospel, how many had their faith shaken, by the mournful controversy

Galatians 4:24 — formerly brought forth its disciples, (among whom were included the holy prophets, and other believers,) to slavery, though not to permanent slavery, but because God placed them for a time under the law as “a schoolmaster.” (77) (Galatians 3:25.) Under the vail of ceremonies, and of the whole economy by which they were governed, their freedom was concealed: to the outward eye nothing but slavery appeared. “Ye have not,” says Paul to the Romans, “received the spirit of

Hebrews 4:3 — us to fear, lest we should be shut out of it through unbelief He however teaches us at the same time, that the rest into which an entrance is now open to us, is far more valuable than that in the land of Canaan. But let us now come to particulars. 3.For we which have believed do enter into rest, or, for we enter into the rest after we have believed, etc. It is an argument from what is contrary. Unbelief alone shuts us out; then faith alone opens an entrance. We must indeed bear in mind what he

1 John 3:2 — Christ, when, he shall appear; for he teaches the same thing with Paul, in Colossians, where he says, “Your life is hid with Christ in God: when Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” (Colossians 3:3) For our faith cannot stand otherwise than by looking to the coming of Christ. The reason why God defers the manifestation of our glory is this, because Christ is not manifested in the power of his kingdom. This, then, is the only way of sustaining