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For it is written, "`As I live,` says the Lord, `to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.`"
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A Powerful Proof of Christ's Deity
Commentators unanimously highlight that Paul quotes Isaiah 45:23, a passage where Jehovah (God) speaks. By applying this divine declaration directly to Jesus, Paul makes a powerful case for Christ's full divinity. The universal worship and judgment reserved for God alone are shown to belong to Jesus.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For it is written. This passage is recorded in Isaiah 45:23. It is not quoted literally, but the sense is preserved. In Isaiah, there can …
As I live (ζω εγω). "I live." The LXX here (Isaiah 45:23) has κατ' εμαυτου ομννυω, "I swear by myself."
19th Century
Anglican
As I live.—The original has, I have sworn by Myself, for which St. Paul, quoting from memory, substitutes another common …
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Both groups will have to answer to God in the coming day. It is premature to pass judgment on one another (cf. 1 Corinthians 4:5), sinc…
16th Century
Protestant
As I live, etc. It seems to me that he quoted this testimony of the Prophet, not so much to prove what he had said about the judgment seat…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For it is written In (Isaiah 45:23); though Justin Martyr F15 cites a like passage with what …
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Though some are weak, and others are strong, yet all must agree not to live for themselves. No one who has committed themselves to Christ is permit…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing how one should become perfect, the Apostle now shows how the perfect should act toward the imperfect.
First, he show…
