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What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein?
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Pleading God's Own Justice
Commentators highlight that Abraham's prayer is powerful because it is based on God's own character. He appeals to divine justice, arguing that the 'Judge of all the earth' will surely do right. This teaches believers that one of the most effective ways to pray is to appeal to God's own righteousness and unchanging nature.
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18th Century
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Baptist
And said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city
Within the Pentapolis, which consisted of five cities; and s…
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