28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. …
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: …
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: …
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-30)The apostle concludes the chapter with two exhortations:— I. He exhorts them to strictness of conversation (Phil. 1:27): Only let your conversation be as becometh the gospel of Christ . Observe, Those who profess the gospel of Christ should have their conversation as becomes the gospel, or in a suitableness and agreeableness to it. Let it be as becomes those who believe gospel truths, submit to go…
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