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The kingdom of God (η βασιλεια του θεου). Not the future kingdom of eschatology, but the present spiritual kingdom, the reign of G…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
For the kingdom of God. For an explanation of this phrase, see Barnes on Matthew 3:2.
Here it means that the peculiarities…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Meat and drink.—Strictly, eating and drinking.
Righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
In v.16, the “good” must be understood as the liberty to eat, since all foods are regarded as clean. This liberty, however, if resented because it …
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
For the kingdom of God, etc. He now, on the other hand, teaches us that we can abstain without lo from the use of our liberty, because the…
John Gill
JohnGill
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink
Neither the kingdom of glory, nor the ultimate glory and happiness of t…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Christ deals gently with those who have true grace, even though they are weak in it. Consider the design of Christ's death; also, that drawing a so…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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After forbidding human judgments, the Apostle now forbids putting stumbling blocks before one’s neighbor.
He structures his argume…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson