Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

bore it without peevish complaints, or purposes of revenge, and persevered in their duty, this would be acceptable to God as a d ...

should live peaceably one with another. Prayer sweetens their converse. And it is not enough that they pray with the family, but ...

Christ, died in their sins, and are now past recovery. Rest not then till thou art cleansed by the Spirit of Christ and the bloo ...

or make amends for the sins of those who exercise it, so as to induce God to forgive them. The nature of a Christian's work, whi ...

The apostle Peter does not command, but exhorts. He does not claim power to rule over all pastors and churches. It was the pecul ...

partakers of the grace of God. The cherishing and increase of Christian love, and of affection one to another, is no matter of e ...

2 Peter This epistle clearly is connected with the former epistle of Peter. The apostle having stated the blessings to which God ...

reign with him for ever and ever; and it is in the practice of every good work that we are to expect entrance to heaven. Verses ...

Chapter 2 Chapter Outline Believers are cautioned against false (1–9) teachers, and the certainty of their punishment shown from ...

them to honour. Outward temporal good things are the wages sinners expect and promise themselves. And none have more cause to tr ...

Verses 5–10 Had these scoffers considered the dreadful vengeance with which God swept away a whole world of ungodly men at once, ...

understood, by putting in practice things which are more easy to be understood. But there must be self-denial and suspicion of o ...

1 John This epistle is a discourse upon the principles of Christianity, in doctrine and practice. The design appears to be, to r ...

A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be represe ...

of God, and so fulfilled all righteousness. All men, in every land, and through successive generations, are invited to come to G ...

body: wrong desires of the heart, the appetite of indulging all things that excite and inflame sensual pleasures. 2. The lust of ...

Chapter 3 Chapter Outline The apostle admires the love of God in (1, 2) making believers his children. The purifying influence o ...

There is that bias upon his heart, which disposes him to loathe and hate sin. There is the spiritual principle that opposes sinf ...

shall hinder thee from following Christ. This salvation is built upon Divine testimony, even the Spirit of God. Chapter 4 Chapte ...

faith is perfected by its works. Thus it will appear that God dwells in us by his new-creating Spirit. A loving Christian is a p ...