2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
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Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. …
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us. 1. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: “ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler thou has great plenty before thee, varieties and dainties, such a table spread as thou has seldom seen; th…
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