9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. …
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)The scope of the apostle in this part of the chapter is to show the vast difference between the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith, and the great pre-eminence of the righteousness of faith above that of the law; that he might induce and persuade the Jews to believe in Christ, aggravate the folly and sin of those that refused, and justify God in the rejection of such refusers.…
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