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Wherein God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
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An Oath for Our Assurance
Multiple commentators, including Calvin and Gill, stress that God did not need to swear an oath. He did so out of gracious condescension to human weakness. Seeing that we struggle to rest on His word alone, He added an oath to provide the most abundant and unshakable assurance possible, showing how highly He values our confidence in His plan of salvation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherein God. Because of this, or since an oath had this effect, God was willing to appeal to it, in order to assure His people of salvatio…
To shew (επιδειξα). First aorist active infinitive of επιδεικνυμ, to show in addition (επι-) to his promise "more abundantly" (περ…
19th Century
Anglican
Wherein.—Since this is the case.
Of promise.—Rather, of the promise. The promise made to Abraham …
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Baptist
It seems a great change in this chapter from the sad tone at the beginning to the joyous note at the end; but, indeed, there is no contradiction be…
We now turn from human oaths to the oath God swore to Abraham. God had no need to swear an oath. Nevertheless, he did it to make absolutely clear t…
16th Century
Protestant
God, willing, etc. See how kindly God, as a gracious Father, accommodates himself to our slowness to believe; as he sees that we …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherein God, willing Or "wherefore", as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it; that is, whereas an oath is used…
The hope referred to here is a confident expectation of good things promised, an expectation that comes through those promises and is accompanied b…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle showed why he had confidence in them: because of the good they performed. Here, he shows that same confidence based on the …
