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Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.
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The Christian's New Sacrifice
Commentators explain that with Christ's final sacrifice, the Old Testament system of animal offerings has ended. For believers today, the primary sacrifice is spiritual: offering praise and thanksgiving to God. This "sacrifice of praise" is not to earn salvation but is the joyful response of those already saved through Jesus. As John Calvin notes, this is now the highest form of worship.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
By him therefore. The Jews approached God by the blood of the sacrifice and by the ministry of their high priest. The exhortation of the a…
Through him (δι' αυτου). That is Jesus. He is our Priest and Sacrifice, the only efficient and sufficient one.
Let …
19th Century
Anglican
By him.—Better, through Him. Through His sacrifice, which has made atonement, we are hallowed (Hebrews 13:12)…
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Baptist
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
The verse begins with an emphatic “through him.” It is through Jesus and not the Jewish priests (or any other priests) that people “offer” (GK 429)…
16th Century
Protestant
By him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God, etc. He returns to that particular doctrine he had referred to, concerning…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise For temporal and spiritual mercies; particularly for sanctific…
The instructions and examples of ministers who honorably and comfortably concluded their testimony should be particularly remembered by survivors. …
13th Century
Catholic
After exhorting them to follow the example and way of life of those who have departed, the Apostle now warns them to continue in their teaching. In…
