16No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
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And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. …
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-17)The objections which were made against Christ and his disciples gave occasion to some of the most profitable of his discourses; thus are the interests of truth often served, even by the opposition it meets with from gainsayers, and thus the wisdom of Christ brings good out of evil. This is the third instance of it in this chapter; his discourse of his power to forgive sin, and his readiness to rec…
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