28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
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And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments,(which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-37)We have here Christ’s discourse with a lawyer about some points of conscience, which we are all concerned to be rightly informed in and are so here from Christ though the questions were proposed with no good intention. I. We are concerned to know what that good is which we should do in this life, in order to our attaining eternal life . A question to this purport was proposed to our Saviour by a c…
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