9Of sin, because they believe not on me;
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If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. …
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. …
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. …
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-15)As it was usual with the Old Testament prophets to comfort the church in its calamities with the promise of the Messiah ( Isa. 9:6 ; Mic. 5:6 ; Zech. 3:8 ); so, the Messiah being come, the promise of the Spirit was the great cordial, and is still. Three things we have here concerning the Comforter’s coming :-- I. That Christ’s departure was absolutely necessary to the Comforter’s coming, John 16:7…
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