6That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. …
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-6)The apostle, having delivered two exhortations, before he proceeds to more, intermixes here a prayer for the success of what he had said. Faithful ministers water their preaching with their prayers, because, whoever sows the seed, it is God that gives the increase. We can but speak to the ear; it is God’s prerogative to speak to the heart. Observe, I. The title he gives to God: The God of patience…
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