Quotes & Notes
- As ye profess that such a state of things shall take place,
and have the expectation of enjoying the blessedness of it, be diligent
in the use of every means and influence of grace, that ye may be found
of him-the Lord Jesus, the Judge of quick and dead, without spot-any
contagion of sin in your souls, and blameless-being not only holy and
innocent, but useful in your lives. - Adam
Clarke Commentary
- The effect of such hopes and prospects should be to lead us to
an earnest inquiry whether we are prepared to dwell in a holy world, and
to make us diligent in performing the duties, and patient in bearing the
trials of life. He who has such hopes set before him, should seek
earnestly that he may be enabled truly to avail himself of them, and
should make their attainment meet the great object of his life. He who
is so soon to come to an end of all weary toil, should be willing to
labour diligently and faithfully while life lasts, he who is so soon to
be relieved from all temptation and trial, should be willing to bear a
little longer the sorrows of the present world What are all these
compared with the glory that awaits us?
- Albert Barnes Commentary
- The "new heavens and the new earth" promised by God, is that state
of perfect holiness and bliss into which, after the Judgment, God will
receive his people; and for which the highest holiness and bliss on
earth are but a preparation and a foretaste. -
Family Bible Notes
- Good doctrine can be twisted to bad purposes. This is not the fault
of the doctrine, but of the foolish or wicked minds which pervert it. We
must not neglect the study of those great truths which Paul treats of,
for it is the ignorant who wrest them, and therefore we should not be of
the number. If we are well acquainted with the deep things of God we
shall, by God's grace, be all the less likely to abuse them.
- Spurgeon Devotional Commentary
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