The General Epistles: An Exposition"A brief commentary by one of the foremost Evangelical Biblical scholars of his time.Contents include: The Epistle of James, The First Epistle of Peter, The Second Epistle of Peter, The First Epistle of John, The Second Epistle of John, The Third Epistle of John, The Epistle of Jude." -- Provided by publisher. |
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Page 76 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin...
Page 108 - As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Page 80 - Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed ; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
Page 139 - Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
Page 19 - Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this ; to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Page 35 - Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Page 128 - He that committeth sin is of the Devil: for the Devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the Devil.
Page 15 - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, Coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Page 101 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Page 81 - But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.