Ephesians 5:23-27
1599 Geneva Bible
23 (A)[a]For the husband is the wife’s head, even as Christ is the head of the Church, [b]and the same is the Savior of his body.
24 [c]Therefore as the Church is in subjection to Christ, even so let the wives be to their husbands in everything.
25 ¶ (B)[d]Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it,
26 [e]That he might [f]sanctify it, and cleanse it by the washing of water through the [g]word,
27 That he might make it unto himself a glorious Church, [h]not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and without blame.
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- Ephesians 5:23 A declaration of the former saying: Because God hath made the man head of the woman in matrimony, as Christ is the head of the Church.
- Ephesians 5:23 Another argument: Because the good estate of the wife dependeth of the man, so that this submission is not only just, but also very profitable: as also the salvation of the Church is of Christ, although far otherwise.
- Ephesians 5:24 The conclusion of the wives’ duty towards their husbands.
- Ephesians 5:25 The husbands’ duty towards their wives, is to love them as themselves, of which love, the love of Christ toward his Church is a lively pattern.
- Ephesians 5:26 Because many men pretend the infirmities of their wives to excuse their own hardness and cruelty, the Apostle willeth us to mark what manner of Church Christ gat, when he joined it to himself, and how he doth not only not loathe all her filth and uncleanness, but ceaseth not to wipe the same away with his cleanness, until he have wholly purged it.
- Ephesians 5:26 Make it holy.
- Ephesians 5:26 Through the promise of free justification and sanctification in Christ, received by faith.
- Ephesians 5:27 The Church, as it is considered in itself, shall not be without wrinkle, before it come to the mark it shooteth at: for while it is in this life, it runneth in a race: but if it be considered in Christ, it is clean and without wrinkle.
Matthew 20:25-28
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25 Therefore Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the lords of the Gentiles have [a]domination over them, and they that are great, exercise authority over them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your servant.
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.
28 (A)Even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life for the ransom of many.
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- Matthew 20:25 Somewhat sharply and roughly.
Titus 1:9
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9 [a]Holding fast that faithful word according to doctrine, [b]that he also may be able to exhort with wholesome doctrine, and convince them that say against it.
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- Titus 1:9 The third admonition: The Pastor must hold fast that doctrine, which the Apostles delivered, and pertaineth to salvation, leaving all curious and vain matters.
- Titus 1:9 The fourth admonition: To apply the knowledge of true doctrine unto use, which consisteth in two things, to wit, in governing them which show themselves apt to learn, and confuting the obstinate.
Matthew 16:19
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19 [a]And I (A) will give unto thee the [b]keys of the Kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt [c]bind upon earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
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- Matthew 16:19 The authority of the Church is from God.
- Matthew 16:19 A metaphor taken of stewards which carry the keys: and here is set forth the power of the ministers of the word, as Isa. 22:22, and that power is common to all ministers, as Matt. 18:18, and therefore the ministers of the Gospel may rightly be called the key of the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 16:19 They are bound whose sins are retained, heaven is shut against them, because they received not Christ by faith: on the other side, how happy are they, to whom heaven is open, which embrace Christ, and are delivered by him, and become fellow heirs with him.
Galatians 6:1-2
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6 1 Now he entreateth particularly of charity toward such as offend, 6 toward the Minsters of the word, 10 and those that are of the household of faith: 12 Not like unto such who have a counterfeit zeal of the Law, 13 glorying in the mangling of the flesh, 14 and not in the cross of Christ.
1 Brethren, [a]If a man be [b]suddenly taken in any offense, ye which are [c]spiritual, [d]restore such one with the [e]spirit of meekness, [f]considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2 [g]Bear ye one another’s burden, and so fulfill the [h]Law of Christ.
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- Galatians 6:1 He condemneth importunate rigor, because that brotherly reprehensions ought to be moderated and tempered by the spirit of meekness.
- Galatians 6:1 Through the malice of the flesh and the devil.
- Galatians 6:1 Which are upholden by the virtue of God’s Spirit.
- Galatians 6:1 Labor to fill up that that is wanting in him.
- Galatians 6:1 This is a kind of speech which the Hebrews use, giving to understand thereby, that all good gifts come from God.
- Galatians 6:1 He toucheth the fore: for they commonly are most severe judges, which forget their own infirmities.
- Galatians 6:2 He showeth that this is the end of reprehensions, to raise up our brother which is fallen, and not proudly to oppress him. Therefore everyone must seek to have commendation of his own life by approving of himself, and not by reprehending others.
- Galatians 6:2 Christ, in plain and flat words, calleth the commandment of charity, his commandment.
Matthew 28:18-20
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18 And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, (A)All power is given unto me, in heaven, and in earth.
19 (B)[a]Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them [b]in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the holy Ghost,
20 Teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, (C)I am with you [c]alway, until the end of the world, Amen.
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- Matthew 28:19 The sum of the Apostleship is, the publishing of the doctrine received of Christ throughout all the world, and the ministering of the Sacraments: the efficacy of which things hangeth not of the ministers, but of the Lord.
- Matthew 28:19 Calling upon the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghost.
- Matthew 28:20 Forever: and this place is meant of the manner of the presence of his spirit, by means whereof he maketh us partakers both of himself and of all his benefits, but is absent from us in body.
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