Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on 1 John 3:16-21 　　(Read 1 John 3:16-21) 　　Here is the condescension, the miracle, the mystery of Divine love, that God would redeem the church with his own blood. Surely we should love those whom God has loved, and so loved. The Holy Spirit, grieved at selfishness, will leave the selfish heart without comfort, and...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Genesis 50:15-21 　　(Read Genesis 50:15-21) 　　Various motives might cause the sons of Jacob to continue in Egypt, notwithstanding the prophetic vision Abraham had of their bondage there. Judging of Joseph from the general temper of human nature, they thought he would now avenge himself on those who hated and injured him without cause. Not...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Jeremiah 17:5-11 　　(Read Jeremiah 17:5-11) 　　He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness and strength, and think they can do without Christ, make flesh their arm, and...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Hebrews 12:12-17 　　(Read Hebrews 12:12-17) 　　A burden of affliction is apt to make the Christian's hands hang down, and his knees grow feeble, to dispirit him and discourage him; but against this he must strive, that he may better run his spiritual race and course. Faith and patience enable believers to follow peace and...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20 　　(Read Deuteronomy 30:15-20) 　　What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? Every man wishes to obtain life and good, and to escape death and evil; he desires happiness, and dreads misery. So great is the compassion of the Lord, that he has favoured men, by...

　　Acts 4:12 In-Context 　　10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 　　11 Jesus is 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.'Psalm 118:22 　　12 Salvation is found...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Proverbs 11:9 　　(Read Proverbs 11:9) 　　Hypocrites delude men into error and sin by artful objections against the truths of God's word. 　　Proverbs 11:9 In-Context 　　7 Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise ofTwo Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all...

　　Hebrews 13:5-6 In-Context 　　3 Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. 　　4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. 　　5 Keep your lives free from...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Proverbs 16:32 　　(Read Proverbs 16:32) 　　To overcome our own passions, requires more steady management, than obtaining victory over an enemy. 　　Proverbs 16:32 In-Context 　　30 Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity; whoever purses their lips is bent on evil. 　　31 Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Galatians 5:1-6 　　(Read Galatians 5:1-6) 　　Christ will not be the Saviour of any who will not own and rely upon him as their only Saviour. Let us take heed to the warnings and persuasions of the apostle to stedfastness in the doctrine and liberty of the gospel. All true Christians, being taught by the...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Psalm 63:1-2 　　(Read Psalm 63:1-2) 　　Early will I seek thee. The true Christian devotes to God the morning hour. He opens the eyes of his understanding with those of his body, and awakes each morning to righteousness. He arises with a thirst after those comforts which the world cannot give, and has immediate recourse...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Matthew 5:13-16 　　(Read Matthew 5:13-16) 　　Ye are the salt of the earth. Mankind, lying in ignorance and wickedness, were as a vast heap, ready to putrify; but Christ sent forth his disciples, by their lives and doctrines to season it with knowledge and grace. If they are not such as they should be, they...