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For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
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True Faith Requires Action
Commentators unanimously stress that God's favor is not secured by religious rituals or physical presence in a sacred place like the temple. Instead, God demands a "thoroughly amended" life. As Charles Spurgeon and Matthew Henry note, this is a timeless warning against trusting in ceremonies or professions of faith without the corresponding fruit of righteous living and genuine repentance.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A summary of the conditions indispensable on humanity's part, before they can plead the terms of the covenant in their favor.
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19th Century
Anglican
A man and his neighbour. —The Jewish idiom for the English “one man and another.”
Baptist
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. For if ye thoroughly am…
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16th Century
Protestant
Interpreters do not agree regarding the meaning of this passage. Some translate כי אם, ki am, as "But rather," or "But." I indeed acknowle…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings Or, "if you make your ways good, and do your works well", whic…
No observances, professions, or supposed revelations will profit, if people do not amend their ways and their actions. None can claim an interest i…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet excludes the third means of assistance on which the people might have relied: the practice of their religion. He addres…
