22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
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.
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: …
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-92)The apostle having just before been speaking of the promise made to Abraham, and representing that as the rule of our justification, and not the law, lest they should think he did too much derogate from the law, and render it altogether useless, he thence takes occasion to discourse of the design and tendency of it, and to acquaint us for what purposes it was given. It might be asked, “If that pro…
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