4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: …
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; …
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here we may observe, 1. The apology the apostle makes for going about to commend himself. He is loth to enter upon this subject of self-commendation: Would to God you could bear with me a little in my folly , 2 Cor. 11:1. He calls this folly, because too often it is really no better. In his case it was necessary; yet, seeing others might apprehend it to be folly in him, he desires them to bear wit…
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