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Make you perfect (καταρτισα). First aorist active optative of καταρτιζω, to equip, as in 10:5. A wish for the future. See [Referen…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Make you perfect. The apostle here does not affirm that they were then perfect, or that they would be in this life. The word used here—
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Make you perfect.—To “make perfect” is the translation of two different words in this Epistle. In the one, which is of frequent oc…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting c…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The prayer is that God will “equip” (GK 2936) the readers “with everything good for doing his will.” “Equip” in this context means to supply one wi…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
To do his will, etc. He now gives a definition of good works by laying down God’s will as the rule. He thus intimates th…
John Gill
JohnGill
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will
The Alexandrian copy reads, "in every good work and word"; as in …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
We must, according to our power, give to the necessities of the souls and bodies of men: God will accept these offerings with pleasure, and will ac…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
After showing them how to act regarding their deceased leaders—that is, by continuing in their teachings—the Apostle now shows how to act toward li…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson