34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
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For there is no respect of persons with God.
Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 34-43)We have here Peter’s sermon preached to Cornelius and his friends: that is, an abstract or summary of it; for we have reason to think that he did with many other words testify and exhort to this purport. It is intimated that he expressed himself with a great deal of solemnity and gravity, but with freedom and copiousness, in that phrase, he opened his mouth, and spoke , Acts 10:34. O ye Corinthian…
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