Overview of the Books of the Bible
In this book, a concise overview of a reference book on the Bible is given, highlighting its introductions to all 66 books and its helpful background …
Commentary Articles
I am about to spew you out of my mouth (Rev. 3:16)
“Thus because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spew you out of my mouth” (Rev. 3:16). Again, this is…
The book of life (Rev. 3:5)
“He that overcomes, he will be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life” (Rev. 3:5).…
Be faithful unto death… hold fast what you have (Rev. 2:10; 3:11)
“Be faithful unto death, and I will give to you the crown of life”, (Rev. 2:10) “hold fast what you have, that no one take…
Sin unto death (1 John 5:16)
“If any one see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he will ask, and he will give him life, for those that do…
The dog has turned back to his own vomit (2 Pet. 2:20–22)
“For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued…
Deny the Lord (2 Pet. 2:1)
“But there were false prophets also among the people, as there will be also among you false teachers, who will bring in by the bye…
Saved with difficulty (1 Pet. 4:18)
“And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?” (1 Pet. 4:18). The difficulty of this verse is increased…
The Epistle to the Hebrews
The Epistle to the Hebrews The Epistle to the Hebrews poses particular difficulties for many. The advocates of the doctrine of the apostasy of believers…
Shipwreck, depart from, stray (1. Tim. 1:19; 4:1; 6:21)
“Having faith and good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck” (1. Tim. 1:19). Various verses in the first letter to…
The apostasy (2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1)
“The apostasy [will] have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition; who opposes and exalts himself on high…
Falling from grace (Gal. 5:4)
“You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace” (Gal. 5:4). The expression “you have…
Believing in vain (1 Cor. 15:2.14.17)
“By which also you saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you – unless you believed in vain” (1 Cor. 15:2).…
To be rejected (1 Cor. 9:27)
“Lest after having preached to others, I should be myself rejected” (1 Cor. 9:27). The words are written, as in the point just discussed, in…
Causing the weak to perish (1 Cor. 8:11)
“And the weak one, the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through your knowledge” (1 Cor. 8:11). Children of God should be considerate…
To be cut away (Rom. 11:22)
“For if God did not spare the natural branches, he may not spare you either. Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those…
True and false disciples (John 6:66; 8:31; 15:2.6)
“From that time many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him” (John 6:66). Here we must first understand what is…
Endure to the end (Matt 10:22; 24:13)
In Matthew 10:22 and 24:13, the Lord Jesus says to His disciples: “But he that has endured to the end, he will be saved.” From…
The blasphemy against the Spirit (Mt 12:31)
“Every sin and injurious speaking will be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit will not be forgiven to men” (cf. Mark 3:29;…
I never knew you (Matt. 7:23)
“Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father…