Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 3:5 — WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL? ‘And God said: Ask what I shall give thee.’ 1 Kings 3:5 Our ideal means that in which we most thoroughly believe as good and worth having, that which we consider to be the true object of our life. If it be low and poor, we may become lords, or we may become millionaires, but our lives will be

Galatians 1:16 — LA NOTA CLAVE DEL TESTIMONIO "Inmediatamente no consulté con carne y sangre". Gálatas 1:16 Estas palabras son la nota clave del testimonio del Apóstol. Describen en una breve frase su actitud como apóstol de Cristo y maestro del Evangelio. Al reflexionar cuidadosamente sobre sus declaraciones, surgen tres puntos a los que se puede dirigir

2 Timothy 1:14 — LA IGLESIA Y SU FE 'Guarda el bien que te ha sido encomendado por el Espíritu Santo que mora en nosotros'. 2 Timoteo 1:14 No hay Iglesia en todo el mundo que tenga una fe más noble o más sublime que la Iglesia de Inglaterra. ¿Qué estamos haciendo para preservar la sublimidad de esta fe? ¿Estamos intentando preservar su noble sencillez? ¿Estamos tratando de honrar a

Titus 2:13 — THAT BLESSED HOPE ‘Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.’ Titus 2:13 I fear that this great truth—the coming again of the Lord—is largely a neglected truth. Since the Lord Jesus Christ departed into the heavens, and men are really touched by matters spiritual, you will find, if you study the history of the great majority

Titus 2:13 — ESA BENDITA ESPERANZA 'Esperando esa esperanza bienaventurada y la manifestación gloriosa del gran Dios y nuestro Salvador Jesucristo'. Tito 2:13 Me temo que esta gran verdad, la venida de nuevo del Señor, es en gran parte una verdad descuidada. Dado que el Señor Jesucristo partió a los cielos y los hombres están realmente conmovidos por asuntos espirituales, si estudia la historia de la gran

Philemon 1:15-16 — PROVIDENCE ‘For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?’ Philemon 1:15-16 We have here an encouraging view of the providence of God. St. Paul does not assert that it was the design of God in allowing Onesimus to run away from Philemon that he should return to him a converted man; but he says, ‘perhaps’ it was so. From

Hebrews 11:1 — PROGRESO EN CONDENAS RELIGIOSAS "Ahora bien, la fe es la certeza de lo que se espera, la convicción de lo que no se ve". Hebreos 11:1 Toda convicción religiosa procede de Dios y no puede proceder del hombre, porque todo lo que hay en el hombre que es bueno es puesto en él por Dios. I. La primera etapa : el arrepentimiento . La primera etapa en el progreso de la convicción espiritual

Hebrews 3:1-6 — CRISTO Y MOISÉS 'Por tanto, hermanos santos ... consideren ... a Cristo Jesús; El cual fue fiel ... como también Moisés fue fiel ... ¿De quién somos casa, si mantenemos firme la confianza y el gozo de la esperanza hasta el fin? '. Hebreos 3:1 Los cristianos hebreos, debido a su unidad con Cristo, son reconocidos como "hermanos santos"; y se les invita sinceramente a contemplar a Cristo Jesús, su profeta y sacerdote, para que puedan asegurar su llamamiento celestial. I. La eminencia de Moisés.

James 1:15 — CONSECUENCIAS DEL PECADO "El pecado, cuando se consuma, trae la muerte". Santiago 1:15 Sería fácil hacer un dibujo deslumbrante y desgarrador. Podría llevarte a nuestras moradas de infamia y miseria, a nuestras prisiones y hospitales; ya muchos lechos de enfermos y moribundos. ¡Podría llevarte a nuestras propias calles, de una noche,

1 Peter 4:13 — FELLOWSHIP IN SUFFERING ‘Ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings.’ 1 Peter 4:13 If you do think of the troubles of others when you are in trouble yourselves, you should always think how mercifully you have been spared, and thank God that the burden you are called upon to bear is not so heavy as the burdens which are

1 Peter 5:2 — THE OVERSIGHT OF THE FLOCK ‘Feed [tend, R.V.] the flock of God which is among you, taking [exercising, R.V.] the oversight.’ 1 Peter 5:2 ‘Feed,’ writes the Apostle, ‘tend the flock of God which is among you.’ In the words ‘feed’ or ‘tend,’ the old and new versions of the Epistle are alike trying to give a suitable equivalent for St. Peter’s Greek word, whose full meaning is,

Judges 16:20 — A FATAL DEPARTURE ‘And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.’ Judges 16:20 Of all the heroes whose exploits we read in the Book of Judges, none so keenly awakens our sympathy, or so fully arrests our attention, as that solitary hero, Samson. His life is no romance of the past, but it is a type and picture of your life

Revelation 3:1-2 — UNA REPUTACIÓN FALSA "Yo conozco tus obras, que tienes nombre de que vives, y estás muerto". Apocalipsis 3:1 A los ojos de Dios, la Iglesia de Sardis era como el cadáver de la antigua escita: los hombres la reverenciaban, hablaban de ella, la trataban como una Iglesia llena de vida y salud, ¡y durante todo ese tiempo estuvo muerta! I. ¡Tienes un nombre! -Sí.

Ruth 1:16 — THE CHARM OF CHARACTER ‘Intreat me not to leave thee.’ Ruth 1:16 Now, this chapter illustrates:— I. A noble influence.—Observe the contrast. Here is Naomi bidding Ruth go home. To go with Naomi means to share her poverty and loneliness; probably to be without the shelter of a married woman’s home—which then

1 Samuel 2:26 — IN FAVOUR WITH GOD AND MEN ‘And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.’ 1 Samuel 2:26 These words arouse our attention, not merely on account of what they tell us about the character of Samuel, but also because they are the same words which are used to describe the character of our Lord. Samuel was, in his young days, apparently,

1 Samuel 20:17 — ‘MY FAMILIAR FRIEND’ ‘He loved David as his own soul.’ 1 Samuel 20:17 With a feeling of relief we turn to the main line of thought in the Lesson, David and Jonathan. ‘Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field.’ This was characteristic of him. He loved the open air and field sports.

1 Samuel 31:8 — A TRAGIC END ‘Saul … fallen in mount Gilboa.’ 1 Samuel 31:8 In Saul’s ignominious end we see the righteous judgment of God upon his wilful hardness of heart. Still his memory was not to be left in utter disgrace, and it was vindicated by those whom he had delivered before he rejected God, who rightly

1 Samuel 4:21 — THE ARK—NO DEFENCE ‘The ark of God was taken.’ 1 Samuel 4:21 At this hour the condition of Israel could not have been lower. Their army was defeated, their High Priest and his sons were dead, and the ark was in the hands of their idolatrous foes. In the ark were the tables of the Law; above it was

2 Samuel 17:27 — A MODEL FOR OLD MEN ‘Barzillai the Gileadite.’ 2 Samuel 17:27 (cf. 2 Samuel 19:31-40) See in Barzillai a model for the aged. The whole scene is one of the most touching in sacred writ, and the venerable man stands out before us with vivid lifelike distinctness, as one of the most interesting characters in

2 Samuel 7:18 — DAVID AT PRAYER ‘Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and said,’ etc. 2 Samuel 7:18 We are chiefly concerned with the matter of David’s prayer. We have said that he was alone with God. Consequently we find here much as to David, but even more as to God. I. Now see what David says of himself.—‘Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my