James 2:1 My brethren As the apostle is about to dissuade from the evil of having respect to persons, this is a very fit introduction to it, and car...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 22. Make haste to help me. Delay would prove destruction. The poor pleader was far gone and ready to expire, only speedy help would s...
IX. HUMILITY AND FAITH. How can ye believe, which receive glory from one another, and the glory that Cometh from the only God ye seek not??John v. ...
Chapter 22:1? My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. the Lord of glory the Glory, i.e. ...
Chapter?108 - We may usefully select passages from different psalms, as here, ( Psalm 57 , Psalm 60 ) , to help our devotions, and enliven our grat...
Psalms 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness His justice in punishing his enemies; the lightning and the thunder in the heavens, the tokens of hi...
My brethren (adelpoi mou). Transition to a new topic as in John 1:19 ; John 2:5 John 2:14 ; John 3:1 ; John 5:7 . Hold not (mh ecete). Present a...
Overview - Romans 4 1?Abraham's faith was imputed to him for righteousness; 10?before he was circumcised. 13?By faith only he and his seed received th...
Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God There is no reason to stagger at, or hesitate about any of the promises of God, since they are made...
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith This is the principal end which God has in afflictive providences, to try the faith of his people; so the fai...
Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith The access here spoken of is not to the blessing of justification; for though that is a grace which we...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 So that we ourselves glory in you Or of you; for though they were the subject concerning which, yet not the object in which they g...
John 12:45 And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.] Not with bodily eyes, for there were many that saw Christ, who never saw the Father: they sa...
Overview - Psalms 49 1?An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection, not on worldly power, but on God. 16?Worldly prosperity is not to be ...
2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, and not by sight.] Faith is a grace which answers many useful purposes; it is the eye of the soul, by which it...
Overview - Romans 4 1?Abraham's faith was imputed to him for righteousness; 10?before he was circumcised. 13?By faith only he and his seed received th...
Overview - James 2 1?It is not agreeable to Christian profession to regard the rich, and to despise the poor brethren; 13?rather we are to be loving a...
Luke 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, &c.] Acknowledging him to be the Messiah, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; the Lord of all, and especial...
Psalms 84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield Christ is the sun of righteousness, and it is in the house of God that he arises upon his people wit...
Matthew 21:22 And all things whatsoever Not only miracles, but any other thing which may be for the honour of God, the interest of religion, the sprea...