Lucas 14:29

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29 Para nĂŁo acontecer que, depois de haver posto os alicerces, e nĂŁo a podendo acabar, todos os que a virem comecem a zombar dele,

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Lucas 14:29 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:29

Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation
Has begun to build, has taken up a profession, has submitted to ordinances, and got into a church state:

and is not able to finish it;
a foundation may be laid, and the building may never be finished, because the foundation is not laid right; was it, it would continue, and the building go on, and at last be finished; though no man is able to finish it of himself, yet those hands which have laid the foundation, will raise up the superstructure, and complete the whole building, through the power and efficacy of divine grace: but where there is a beginning, and which at first looks well, and there is no progress, but the work is dropped and left unfinished,

all that behold it, begin to mock;
as follows;

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Lucas 14:29 In-Context

27 Quem nĂŁo leva a sua cruz e nĂŁo me segue, nĂŁo pode ser meu discĂ­pulo.
28 Pois qual de vĂłs, querendo edificar uma torre, nĂŁo se senta primeiro a calcular as despesas, para ver se tem com que a acabar?
29 Para nĂŁo acontecer que, depois de haver posto os alicerces, e nĂŁo a podendo acabar, todos os que a virem comecem a zombar dele,
30 dizendo: Este homem começou a edificar e não pode acabar.
31 Ou qual Ă© o rei que, indo entrar em guerra contra outro rei, nĂŁo se senta primeiro a consultar se com dez mil pode sair ao encontro do que vem contra ele com vinte mil?
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