5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; …
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-5)The precious benefits and privileges which flow from justification are such as should quicken us all to give diligence to make it sure to ourselves that we are justified, and then to take the comfort it renders to us, and to do the duty it calls for from us. The fruits of this tree of life are exceedingly precious. I. We have peace with God , Rom. 5:1. It is sin that breeds the quarrel between us…
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