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　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Ephesians 5:22-33 　　(Read Ephesians 5:22-33) 　　The duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The duty of husbands is to love their wives. The love of Christ to the church is an example, which is sincere, pure, and...

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　　John 3:16 In-Context 　　14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,The Greek for lifted up also means exalted . 　　15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21. 　　16 For God so loved the world that he gave his...

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　　Isaiah 26:9 In-Context 　　7 The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth. 　　8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,Or judgmentswe wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. 　　9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit...

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　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on 1 John 4:7-13 　　(Read 1 John 4:7-13) 　　The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. He that does not love the image of God in his people, has no saving knowledge of God. For it is God's nature to be kind, and to give happiness. The law of God is love; and all...

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　　1 Corinthians 15:58 In-Context 　　56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 　　57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 　　58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you...

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　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Matthew 7:7-11 　　(Read Matthew 7:7-11) 　　Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a business of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a beggar asks alms. Ask, as a traveller asks the way. Seek, as for a thing of value that we have lost;...

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　　Isaiah 61:1-3 In-Context 　　1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,Hebrew; Septuagint the blind 　　2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor...

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　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Psalm 119:9-16 　　(Read Psalm 119:9-16) 　　To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom and strength, and to depend upon God, proves the purpose of holiness...

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　　Psalm 34:8 In-Context 　　6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. 　　7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. 　　8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. 　　9 Fear the Lord, you...

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　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Psalm 33:12-22 　　(Read Psalm 33:12-22) 　　All the motions and operations of the souls of men, which no mortals know but themselves, God knows better than they do. Their hearts, as well as their times, are all in his hand; he formed the spirit of each man within him. All the powers of the creature...