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For my name`s sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.
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For His Name's Sake
Commentators unanimously agree that God's primary motive for delaying judgment is His own glory. He spares His people not because they deserve it, but to display His unchanging character—His faithfulness, mercy, and love—to the universe. As Albert Barnes notes, God's glory is the ultimate end for which He acts.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For my name’s sake - (See the notes at Isaiah 43:25). It is possible that the purpose of this verse is to answer an objection.
‘If th…
19th Century
Anglican
For my name’s sake ... —The thought is twofold, in answer to the implied question why Jehovah had not punished so guilty a people:…
Baptist
"I cannot spare you for your own sake; but I will spare you for my name's sake. I cannot spare you because of anything good in you; but I will spar…
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16th Century
Protestant
For my name’s sake. After having reproached the people with that malice which was natural to their fathers from the beginning, and which h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For my name's sake will I defer my anger From age to age, for those sins which had been committed, and continued in ever …
We ourselves have nothing to plead with God as a reason for Him to show mercy on us. It is for His praise, to the honor of His mercy, to spare.
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13th Century
Catholic
Hear these things, O house of Jacob. Here he promises the liberation of the people. This is divided into two parts.
In th…
