1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
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And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
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. 1-5)Here is, I. The inscription of the epistle Paul calls himself an apostle by the will of God , merely by the good pleasure of God, and by his grace, which he professes himself unworthy of. According to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus , or according to the gospel. The gospel is the promise of life in Christ Jesus; life is the end, and Christ the way, John 14:6. The life is put into the…
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