5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
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Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,(but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: …
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The apostle is here reproving a very corrupt practice. He shows how much mischief there is in the sin of prosopolepsia — respect of persons , which seemed to be a very growing evil in the churches of Christ even in those early ages, and which, in these after-times, has sadly corrupted and divided Christian nations and societies. Here we have, I. A caution against this sin laid down in general: My…
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