5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
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I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. …
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Observe here, I. The apostle takes occasion from the good example of the churches of Macedonia, that is, of Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, and others in the region of Macedonia, to exhort the Corinthians and the Christians in Achaia to the good work of charity. And, 1. He acquaints them with their great liberality, which he calls the grace of God bestowed on the churches , 2 Cor. 8:1. Some think t…
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