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How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all manner of spices!

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Christ Cherishes Your Love

Commentators like Charles Spurgeon emphasize that even when your love for Christ feels cold, feeble, or imperfect, He sees it as beautiful and "fair." He doesn't grade your love on a curve; He genuinely values and delights in the affection you have for Him, however flawed you may feel it is.

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Song Of Solomon

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Song Of Solomon 4:9–11

18th Century

Theologian

The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inner character and sentiment.

With one…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Song Of Solomon 4:10

19th Century

Preacher

How much better is thy love than wine!

Yet he knows what the best wine is like, for he is one day to drink it new with us in his Fat…

John Gill

John Gill

On Song Of Solomon 4:10

17th Century

Pastor

How fair is your love, [my] sister, my spouse ! &c.] Of these titles, (See Gill on Song of Solomon 4:8

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Song Of Solomon 4:8–15

17th Century

Minister

Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is:

  1. A precept: This is Christ's call to his church to come away from the w…