2 Timothy Chapter 1:3-18 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin 2 Timothy 1:3 3I give thanks The meaning usually assigned to these words is, that Paul “gives thanks to God,” and next assigns the cause or ground of […]
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1 Timothy 6:3-19 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin 1 Timothy 6:3 3If anyone teacheth differently The word ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖ, being a compound, may also, not improperly, be translated, teacheth other things Yet there is no ambiguity as […]
Gospel of Matthew Chapter 28:1-10, 16-20 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin Matthew 28:1 We now come to the closing scene of our redemption. For the lively assurance of our reconciliation with God arises from Christ having come from hell […]
1 Timothy Chapter 5:1-18 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin 1 Timothy 5:1 1Do not harshly rebuke an elder He now recommends to Timothy gentleness and moderation in correcting faults. Correction is a medicine, which has always some […]
1 Timothy Chapter 3:8-13; 4:6-16 Antique Commentary Quotes
Cambridge Bible Humphreys 8. the deacons] There is no article; for ‘deacons’ in the accusative we must supply from verse 2 the remainder of the construction ‘it is right that […]
1 Timothy 2:1-15 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin 1 Timothy 2:1 1I exhort therefore. These exercises of godliness maintain and even strengthen us in the sincere worship and fear of God, and cherish the good conscience […]
1 Timothy Chapter 1:3-17 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin 1 Timothy 1:3 3.As I besought thee Either the syntax is elliptical, or the particle ἵνα is redundant; and in both cases the meaning will be obvious. First, […]
Book of Jonah Chapter 3:1-5,10; 4:1-11 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin Jonah 3:1 There is here set before us a remarkable proof of God’s grace, — that he was pleased to bestow on Jonah his former dignity and honor. […]
Book of Jonah Chapter 1:1-4, 7-12, 17; 2:1-4 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin Jonah 1:1 As I have before observed, Jonah seems here indirectly to intimate, that he had been previously called to the office of a teacher; for it is […]
Book of Amos Chapter 8:11-12; 9:8-15 Antique Commentary Quotes
John Calvin Amos 8:11 Here now the Prophet fulminates, for he denounces not temporal punishments, but final destruction, and what proves to be an evidence of reprobation, and that is, […]
