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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; Christ is our hope; we have not a shadow of a hope apart from him. I remember, when on the Continent, seeing on a cross the words “Spes unica,” the unique, the only hope of man; and that is true of the cross of Christ, and of Christ...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Notice the apostle’s triple salutation, “Grace, mercy, and peace.” Whenever Paul writes to a church, he wishes “grace and peace”; but to a minister he wishes “grace, mercy, and peace.” Ah! we want mercy more than the average of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. You see, the apostle, in his day, had to contend against those who ran away...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: from which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. There were some who put the law into its wrong place. They made it a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; In its own place it has its own uses, and these are most important.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. He almost thought that, if he had done all this wilfully, be might not have been forgiven; but he felt that here God spied out the only extenuating circumstance, namely, that he was mistaken: “I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. He spoke from his heart, from deep experience. This indeed was to him the glorious gospel of the blessed God, that had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. The case of Paul is not a singular one; it is the pattern one. If there are any here who feel that they have sinned like Saul of Tarsus, they may be forgiven...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. Paul could not help this outburst of praise. He must put in a doxology. When he remembered his own conversion and pardon, and his being entrusted with the ministry of the gospel, be was obliged to put down his pen, and lift up his voice...