18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; …
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. …
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. …
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)In these words the apostle describes a fourth illustrious branch of the happiness of believers, namely, a title to the future glory. This is fitly annexed to our sonship; for as the adoption of sons entitles us to that glory, so the disposition of sons fits and prepares us for it. If children, then heirs , Rom. 8:17. In earthly inheritances this rule does not hold, only the first-born are heirs; b…
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