20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
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Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-32)The apostle proposes here a plausible objection, which might be urged against the divine conduct in casting off the Jewish nation (Rom. 11:1): “ Hath God cast away his people ? Isa. the rejection total and final? Are they all abandoned to wrath and ruin, and that eternal? Isa. the extent of the sentence so large as to be without reserve, or the continuance of it so long as to be without repeal? Wi…
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