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God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
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The 'Better Thing' Is Christ
Commentators agree that the 'better thing' God provided for Christians is the fulfillment of His promises in Jesus Christ. While Old Testament saints lived by faith in a promise to come, believers today live in the reality of the Messiah who has come. They had the shadows and types; we have the substance and a clearer understanding of God's completed work.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
God having provided some better thing for us. A marginal note says, foreseen. This means, "God having provided, or determined on …
God having provided (του θεου προβλεψαμενου). Genitive absolute with first aorist middle participle of προβλεπω, late compound to …
19th Century
Anglican
For us.—Rather, concerning us, that without (or, apart from) us they should not be made perfect. So…
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Baptist
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Is it not wonderful that we, who bri…
God’s plan provided for “something better for us.” The precise nature of the blessing is left undefined. The important thing is not exactly what it…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
God having provided some better thing for us Not a better state of the church, in such respect, as to be free from suffering r…
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The world considers that the righteous are not worthy to live in the world, and God declares the world is not worthy of them. Though the righteous …
13th Century
Catholic
Having given examples of the holy fathers of old who did many great things for the faith, the Apostle now gives examples of those who suffered for …
