16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
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Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. …
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. …
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: …
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-26)In this latter part of the chapter, the apostle shows the error of those who rested in a bare profession of the Christian faith, as if that would save them, while the temper of their minds and the tenour of their lives were altogether disagreeable to that holy religion which they professed. To let them see, therefore, what a wretched foundation they built their hopes upon, it is here proved at lar…
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