CHAPTER 2 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 1 Adbortor igitur, ut ante omnia fiant deprecationes, obsecrationes, interpellationes, gratiarum actiones pro omnibus hominibus, 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that …
Category: Scripture
THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY
CHAPTER 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 1 Paulus apostolus Iesu Christi secundum ordinationem Dei Salvatoris nostri, et Domini Iesu Christi spei nostræ: 2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the …
THE EPISTLES TO TIMOTHY, TITUS, AND PHILEMON
THE ARGUMENT ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY THIS Epistle appears to me to have been written more for the sake of others than for the sake of Timothy, and that opinion will receive the assent of those who shall carefully consider the whole matter. I …
Commentary On Proverbs 4:1-27
CHAPTER 4 When the things of God are to be taught precept must be upon precept, and line upon line, not only because the things themselves are of great worth and weight, but because men’s minds, at the best, are unapt to admit them and …
Commentary On Job 40:1-24
CHAPTER 40 Many humbling confounding questions God had put to Job, in the foregoing chapter; now, in this chapter, I. He demands an answer to them (v. 1, 2). II. Job submits in a humble silence (v. 3–5). III. God proceeds to reason with him, …
Commentary On Job 39:1-30
CHAPTER 39 God proceeds here to show Job what little reason he had to charge him with unkindness who was so compassionate to the inferior creatures and took such a tender care of them, or to boast of himself, and his own good deeds before …
Commentary on Job Chapter 32:1-22
CHAPTER 32 Elihu Rebukes Job’s Three Friends The stage is clear, for Job and his three friends have sat down, and neither he nor they have anything more to say; it is therefore very seasonable for a moderator to interpose, and Elihu is the man. …
Commentary On Job 28:1-
Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom? The strain of this chapter is very unlike the rest of this book. Job forgets his sores, and all his sorrows, and talks like a philosopher or a virtuoso. Here is a great deal both of natural and moral philosophy …
Commentary On Luke 12:1-12
I. A vast auditory that was got together to hear Christ preach. Luke 12:1–3 (ESV) Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees 1 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began …
Commentary On Job 25:1-6
Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous Job 25:1–6 (ESV) 25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2 “Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven. 3 Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not …