Age-during Ages Better Cast Cause Causes Causeth Causing Crippled Cut Enter Eternal Everlasting Fall Fire Foot Halt Hands Lame Loss Maimed Offend Possession Rather Sin Stumble Throw Thrown Trouble Wherefore
18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot {d} offend thee, cut them off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
(d) See Geneva Mt 5:29
18:8 If thy hand or thy foot offend thee. Cause you to sin or stumble; ensnare you into evil. The meaning is, if an object dear as the right eye, and useful as the right hand, lead you into sin, that object however dear, you are to part with. See Mt 5:29.
Into life lame or maimed. The meaning is not that a man hath no better way to avoid sin and hell, but if he had no better, he should choose this.
18:8-9 If thy hand, foot, eye, cause thee to offend - If the most dear enjoyment, the most beloved and useful person, turn thee out of, or hinder thee in the way Is not this a hard saying? Yes; if thou take counsel with flesh and blood. Matt 5:29; Mark 9:43.
18:7-14 Considering the cunning and malice of Satan, and the weakness and depravity of men's hearts, it is not possible but that there should be offences. God permits them for wise and holy ends, that those who are sincere, and those who are not, may be made known. Being told before, that there will be seducers, tempters, persecutors, and bad examples, let us stand on our guard. We must, as far as lawfully we may, part with what we cannot keep without being entangled by it in sin. The outward occasions of sin must be avoided. If we live after the flesh, we must die. If we, through the Spirit, mortify the deeds of the body, we shall live. Christ came into the world to save souls, and he will reckon severely with those who hinder the progress of others who are setting their faces heavenward. And shall any of us refuse attention to those whom the Son of God came to seek and to save? A father takes care of all his children, but is particularly tender of the little ones.
Better Cast Causes Causeth Causing Crippled Cut Enter Eternal Everlasting Fall Feet Fire Foot Halt Hand Hands Life Maimed Offend Possession Rather Sin Sound Stumble Throw Wherefore
Better Cast Causes Causeth Causing Crippled Cut Enter Eternal Everlasting Fall Feet Fire Foot Halt Hand Hands Life Maimed Offend Possession Rather Sin Sound Stumble Throw Wherefore
