10That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
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I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; …
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: …
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)We now heard what the apostle renounced; let us now see what he laid hold on, and resolved to cleave to, namely, Christ and heaven. He had his heart on these two great peculiarities of the Christian religion. I. The apostle had his heart upon Christ as his righteousness. This is illustrated in several instances. 1. He desired to win Christ; and an unspeakable gainer he would reckon himself if he h…
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