Recent Commentaries

It appeared that Paul’s plans had completely fallen apart. He had sent Titus to Corinth to find out their spiritual condition and had arranged to meet him in Troas for a firsthand report. When Titus failed to show up, Paul became very concerned. For all Paul knew, Titus might have been carrying …

Elihu turns to the three friends and has a word for them (v. 1). In this second speech to Job, Elihu sets himself up to defend God. God certainly doesn’t need any help, as He made the one who wants to be the defender. He admonished the wise to listen (v. 2) and to test his …

Christ who is God, came to earth as man. Yet in doing so, He did not merely “appear” like a man; He became one (v. 14). When it says “we have seen” it implies that the author was an eyewitness. John the Baptist gave a continuing testimony concerning Jesus (v. …

The wicked often seeks to destroy other people with their words (v. 6) while the righteous try to encourage those who have been attacked by gossipers and slanders. In the end, the wicked will be overthrown but the house of the righteous will stand (v. 7) because it is built upon …

When it was obvious that the prophets of Baal had failed, Elijah invited all the people to come near and observe what he would do. Elijah gathered the crowd around him as he repaired the altar that had been torn down (v. 30). He used 12 stones to represent the tribes of Israel …

In this section, we find David’s response to his son’s sickness and death. After Nathan left David, God allowed sickness to come to the child born to him and Bathsheba (vv. 15-16). We do not know what the sickness was but we know that after seven days the child died (vv. 17-18). Da …

In Paul’s day letters usually started out with the person writing the letter using their own name first and then the name of the person or church to whom he was writing (v. 1). Paul addresses his fellow Christians as brothers and prays that God will be kind to them and bless them …

Habakkuk was puzzled as to why God would use an ungodly nation such as Babylon as the instrument of judgment on His own people Judah. He had boldly made his complaints and now he anxiously anticipated god’s answer (v. 1). God instructs Habakkuk to write down on tablets of …

The Jews claimed Abraham as their spiritual father, but Jesus responded by stating that spiritual descendants of Abraham do what Abraham did, believing and obeying God (v. 39). These Jews were very unlike Abraham (v.40). He listened to God’s truth and obeyed it, but these religious …

In order to get the attention of the people, God sometimes asked the prophets to do unusual things. In the case of Jeremiah, the Lord forbade him from participating in three activities. The first restriction was not to marry (vv. 1-4). God’s purpose for this was to show that …