Genesis 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. I. MORALITY OUTSIDE THE CHURCH MAY ATTAIN TO GREAT EXCELLENCE. 1. Belief in a moral standard of right and wrong. 2. Belief in the moral relations of human society. 3. A sense of injured moral feeling in the presence of wrong. 4. A readiness to make restitution for faults committed against others. II. MORALITY OUTSIDE THE CHURCH MAY HAVE LESSONS OF REPROOF FOR THOSE WHO ARE WITHIN IT. 1. For their mean subterfuges. 2. Their distrust of Providence. 3. Their religious prejudices. (T. H. Leale.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. |
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