15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! …
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
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.
David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. …
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-17)The design of Christ in giving himself for us is that he may purchase to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works . Now the apostle calls the believing Hebrews to the performance of many excellent duties, in which it becomes Christians to excel. I. To brotherly love (Heb. 13:1), by which he does not only mean a general affection to all men, as our brethren by nature, all made of the same b…
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