12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-16)In this latter part of the chapter the apostle concludes, first, with a serious repeated exhortation, and then with proper and powerful motives. I. Here we have a serious exhortation: Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest , Heb. 4:11. Observe, 1. The end proposed—rest spiritual and eternal, the rest of grace here and glory hereafter—in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. 2. The way t…
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