Bible Commentaries

2 Chronicles 19:1-11 — This time let's turn to II Chronicles, chapter 19.We are dealing at the present time in this area of scripture with the reign of Jehoshaphat, king over Judah. For the most part, Jehoshaphat was a good king. He did develop many spiritual reforms. There

Job 22:1-30 — Chapter 22So Eliphaz takes up the argument now. And the same old story: he accuses Job of being wicked and he actually makes many bad accusations. He said, Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself? Is there any

Psalms 145:1-21 — Chapter 145 I will extol thee, my God, O King; I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable ( Psalms

Proverbs 17:1-28 — Chapter 17 Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife ( Proverbs 17:1 ). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judaism, if you decided that tonight you

Proverbs 3:1-35 — Chapter 3Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee ( Proverbs 3:1-2 ). Now these are the three. And we get now into some couplets here. He

Proverbs 6:1-35 — Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened by the phrase: My son, if you be surety for thy friend,

Jeremiah 11:1-23 — Shall we turn to Jeremiah the eleventh chapter as we continue our study through the book of Jeremiah.Chapter 11 begins a new section of the book, not a whole new division, but it's a new message, and Jeremiah is divided into many messages that the Lord

Mark 3:1-35 — Chapter 3 And he entered again into the synagogue( Mark 3:1 ); This was on the Sabbath day. and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith

Luke 6:1-49 — Chapter 6 Now it came to pass on the second Sabbath ( Luke 6:1 ) Now He is going to deal with a couple of instances on the Sabbath day. We've been introduced now to the Pharisees; they're beginning to really get into it and trying to find fault with

Acts 12:1-25 — Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Acts 12 . Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church ( Acts 12:1 ). There are just a lot of Herods in the Bible and it is a little difficult to keep them all straight.

Acts 15:1-41 — Chapter 15 And certain men which came down from Judea [to the church in Antioch] taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved ( Acts 15:1 ). Unfortunately, there are always those troublers who

1 Corinthians 16:1-24 — Chapter 16 And so he writing to them now about taking up a collection for the saints [that are in Jerusalem], as he asked also the churches in the area of Galatia. Now he said on the first day of the week ( 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 ) Which would seem to

1 Corinthians 4:1-21 — Chapter 4 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God ( 1 Corinthians 4:1 ). Ministers of Christ, the Greek word there is the under-rowers. They were the guys down in the bottom of the ship handling

Galatians 1:1-24 — Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the area and the founding of many churches, there were

1 Timothy 3:1-16 — Tonight we will be studying First Timothy three and four. It is interesting as Paul writes to Timothy on several occasions, he uses phrases that are interesting to me. He said, This is a faithful saying, it's worthy of all acceptation. Here he says,

1 Timothy 5:1-25 — ¿Volveremos ahora en nuestras Biblias al capítulo cinco de Primera de Timoteo? Pablo es un padre espiritual para Timoteo, el mentor de Timoteo. Lo mira como a un hijo; de hecho, lo llama su hijo en la fe. Timoteo se ha quedado en Éfeso para supervisar

James 2:1-26 — Chapter 2 Now my brothers, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons ( James 2:1 ). This is so difficult. It is so easy for us to fall in the trap of respecting persons. It's just I don't know a part of

James 3:1-18 — Let's turn to James chapter three. James first of all warns against a desire to teach the Word of God that would stem or emanate just from your own desire to be in front of people or whatever. My brethren, [he said,] be not many masters [or teachers]

James 3:1-18 — Pasemos al capítulo tres de Santiago. Santiago, en primer lugar, advierte contra el deseo de enseñar la Palabra de Dios que provendría o emanaría solo de su propio deseo de estar frente a la gente o lo que sea. Hermanos míos, [dijo], no os hagáis muchos

James 5:1-20 — Chapter 5Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to many of us. Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver are