18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
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Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-21)The first words express the design of the apostle through these verses, that there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, but they stand upon the same level in point of acceptance with God. In Jesus Christ there is neither Greek nor Jews, Col. 3:11. God doth not save any nor reject any because they are Jews, nor because they are Greeks, but doth equally accept both upon gospel terms: There is…
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