_VERSE 1. BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT YE WHICH ARE SPIRITUAL, RESTORE SUCH AN ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS._ VERSE 1. Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12.) If David who was a hero... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 1. BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT YE WHICH ARE SPIRITUAL, RESTORE SUCH AN ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS._ VERSE 1. Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12.) If David who was a hero... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 2. BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS, AND SO FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 3. FOR IF A MAN THINK HIMSELF TO BE SOMETHING, WHEN HE IS NOTHING, HE DECEIVETH HIMSELF._... [ Continue Reading ]
_ VERSE 4. BUT LET EVERY MAN PROVE HIS OWN WORK, AND THEN SHALL HE HAVE REJOICING IN HIMSELF ALONE, AND NOT IN ANOTHER._ If we had to feel that the success of our ministry depended upon our popularity with men we would die, because we are not popular. On the contrary, we are hated by the whole worl... [ Continue Reading ]
_ VERSE 5. EVERY MAN SHALL BEAR HIS OWN BURDEN._... [ Continue Reading ]
_ VERSE 6. LET HIM THAT IS TAUGHT IN THE WORD COMMUNICATE UNTO HIM THAT TEACHETH IN ALL GOOD THINGS._ Paul's admonition that the hearers of the Gospel share all good things with their pastors and teachers is certainly in order. To the Corinthians he wrote: "If we have sown unto you spiritual things... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 7. BE NOT DECEIVED; GOD IS NOT MOCKED._ The Apostle is so worked up over this matter that he is not content with a mere admonition. He utters the threatening words, "God is not mocked." Our countrymen think it good sport to despise the ministry. They like to treat the ministers like servants... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 8. FOR HE THAT SOWETH TO HIS FLESH SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION; BUT HE THAT SOWETH TO THE SPIRIT SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP EVERLASTING LIFE._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 9 AND LET US NOT BE WEARY IN WELL DOING: FOR IN DUE SEASON WE SHALL REAP, IF WE FAINT NOT._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 10. AS WE HAVE THEREFORE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD UNTO ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY UNTO THEM WHO ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH._ In this verse the Apostle summarizes his instructions on the proper support of the ministers and of the poor. He paraphrases the words of Christ: "I must work the works... [ Continue Reading ]
_ VERSE 11. YE SEE HOW LARGE A LETTER I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU WITH MINE OWN HAND._... [ Continue Reading ]
_ VERSE 12. AS MANY AS DESIRE TO MAKE A FAIR SHEW IN THE FLESH, THEY CONSTRAIN YOU TO BE CIRCUMCISED; ONLY LEST THEY SHOULD SUFFER PERSECUTION FOR THE CROSS OF CHRIST._... [ Continue Reading ]
_ VERSE 13. FOR NEITHER THEY THEMSELVES WHO ARE CIRCUMCISED KEEP THE LAW; BUT DESIRE TO HAVE YOU CIRCUMCISED, THAT THEY MAY GLORY IN YOUR FLESH._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 14. BUT GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD GLORY, SAVE IN THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST._ And this is our glory today with the Pope and the whole world persecuting us and trying to kill us. We know that we suffer these things not because we are thieves and murderers, but for Christ's sake whose G... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 15. FOR IN CHRIST JESUS NEITHER CIRCUMCISION AVAILETH ANYTHING, NOR UNCIRCUMCISION, BUT A NEW CREATURE._ Reason fails to understand this, "for the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God." (1 Corinthians 2:14.) It therefore seeks righteousness in externals. However, we lear... [ Continue Reading ]
_ VERSE 16. AND AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE, PEACE BE ON THEM, AND MERCY._ This is the rule by which we ought to live, "that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." (Ephesians 4:24.) Those who walk after this rule enjoy the favor of God, the... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 17. FROM HENCEFORTH LET NO MAN TROUBLE ME._ VERSE 17. For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Of the marks of suffering which he bore in his body the Apostle makes frequent mention in his epistles. "I think," he says, "that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appoi... [ Continue Reading ]
_VERSE 18. BRETHREN, THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT. AMEN._... [ Continue Reading ]