19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
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And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-24)The apostle, having asserted the true meaning of the promise, comes here to maintain and prove the absolute sovereignty of God, in disposing of the children of men, with reference to their eternal state. And herein God is to be considered, not as a rector and governor, distributing rewards and punishments according to his revealed laws and covenants, but as an owner and benefactor, giving to the c…
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