Acts 21:17-26 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.… or what appertains to bearing the infirmities of the weak: — I. CHRISTIAN LOVE which is willing to bear them, while it has a tender feeling for the wants of the weak, and exercises a noble self-denial in condescending to them in word and deed. II. CHRISTIAN STRENGTH, which is able to bear them, possesses freedom of spirit to distinguish between form and essence, the shell and the kernel, and has strength of character not to surrender with subordinate matters the chief thing, and not to deny the Lord from love to man. (K. Gerok.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.WEB: When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. |
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