12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
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Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? …
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)The apostle, having recited their privileges, proceeds here to an account of their faults and punishments, their sins and plagues, which are left upon record for an example to us, a warning against the like sins, if we would escape the like punishments. We must not do as they did, lest we suffer as they suffered. I. Several of their sins are specified as cautions to us; as, 1. We should shun inord…
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