16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
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That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-22)As for God, his work is perfect; if he begin, he will make an end : a good work was begun in Saul, when he was brought to Christ’s feet, in that word, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ? And never did Christ leave any that were brought to that. Though Saul was sadly mortified when he lay three days blind, yet he was not abandoned. Christ here takes care of the work of his own hands. He that hath…
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