16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
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Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)Here the apostle, I. Returns thanks to Jesus Christ for putting him into the ministry. Observe, 1. It is Christ’s work to put men into the ministry, Acts 26:16 , 17 . God condemned the false prophets among the Jews in these words, I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied , Jer. 23:21. Ministers, properly speaking, cannot make themselves ministers…
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