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This book is a compilation of Matthew Henry's detailed interpretations and insights into the Gospel of Matthew, formatted as a single-volume reference. It is based on the Broad Oak Edition, which is a respected and widely used version of Henry's commentary. The commentary offers in-depth analysis, providing readers with a rich understanding of the text and its historical context.
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“Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“It is better to get wisdom than gold. Gold is another's, wisdom is our own; gold is for the body and time, wisdom for the soul and eternity.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“. . . when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Conscience is that candle of the Lord which was not quite put out.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“After a storm comes a calm.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of them.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“The greatest of men must turn beggars when they have to do with Christ.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Death to a good man is his release from the imprisonment of this world, and his departure to the enjoyments of another world.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Earth is embittered to us, that heaven may be endeared.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“God warns before he wounds.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Those that have so much power over others as to be able to oppress them have seldom so much over themselves as not to oppress.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swim against a stream to heaven, and to appear for God when no one else appears for Him.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Christ is our temple, in whom by faith all believers meet.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“We must never promise ourselves any more than God has promised us.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Pride is at the bottom of a great many errors and corruptions, and even of many evil practices, which have a great show and appearance of humility.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“None are ruined by the justice of God but those that hate to be reformed by the grace of God.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“We must believe that He is able to do what He will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to His promise, to do what is best for us, if we love Him, and serve Him.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“The beauty of holiness is that which the grave, that consumes all other beauty, cannot touch, or do any damage to.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“The best evidence of our having the truth is our walking in the truth.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Seducers are more dangerous enemies to the church than persecutors.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Anger cannot rest in the bosom where love reigns.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Esther came to a proud imperious man; we come to the God of love and grace.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Everlasting life is a jewel of too great a value to be purchased by the wealth of this world.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Blushing is the colour of virtue.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition