5And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
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And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. …
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We are here taught, I. That the giving of offences is a great sin , and that which we should every one of us avoid and carefully watch against, Luke 17:1 , 2 . We can expect no other than that offences will come, considering the perverseness and frowardness that are in the nature of man, and the wise purpose and counsel of God, who will carry on his work even by those offences, and bring good out…
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