35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
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He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. …
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-36)We have here the application of Wisdom’s discourse; the design and tendency of it is to bring us all into an entire subjection to the laws of religion, to make us wise and good, not to fill our heads with speculations, or our tongues with disputes, but to rectify what is amiss in our hearts and lives. In order to this, here is, I. An exhortation to hear and obey the voice of Wisdom, to attend and…
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