1:5) and the LORD your God is with you wherever you go (Josh. I will not leave you or forsake you (Josh. Thus the middle exhortation is made emphatic by the addition of two small words: “only be strong and very courageous.” Given Joshua’s leadership responsibilities, this charge to be strong and courageous would be daunting were it not for the framing promises: I will be with you. ![]() 1:8), meditating on them constantly so as to do them (Josh. Most difficult of all will be the middle responsibility-namely, to make the Lord’s instructions (Hebrew Torah) integral to who he is and what he does (Josh. 1:6) to obey the Torah (“Book of the Law” most likely this would have included at least the book of Deuteronomy or portions thereof ) and to resist being terrified ( do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed Josh. ![]() Joshua will need strength and courage to accept his task ( you shall cause this people to inherit the land Josh. Three times the Lord charges Joshua to be strong and courageous, words reminiscent of Joshua’s earlier commissioning under Moses (see Deut. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Read More Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Joshua 1:6–9īe strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. Philippians 1:21) "To me to live is Christ." In this consciousness alone is any thoughtful teaching of "self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-distrust," intelligible and coherent.This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series. Paul are but a practical corollary to the higher truth (comp. Each teaches respect for the higher humanity in the soul but to the one that humanity is our own, to the other it is "the Christ within," dwelling in the heart, regenerating and conforming it to Himself. it is a gloss, perhaps suggested by 1Timothy 1:12, where we have exactly the same phrase, "Christ Jesus, our Lord, who hath enabled me." The same word is used in Ephesians 6:10, "Be strong ( strengthened within) in the Lord." In this sentence we have the world-wide distinction between the Stoic and the Christian. Through Christ which strengtheneth me.-The word "Christ" is not found in the best MSS. The first thing needful is to throw off mere self-sufficiency, to know our weakness and sin, and accept the salvation of God's free grace in Christ the next, to find the "strength made perfect in weakness," and in that to be strong. It represents the ultimate and ideal consciousness of the Christian. But the universal extension of the maxim beyond the immediate occasion and context is not inadmissible. I have strength for anything through Him who gives me power.įor all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) I can do all things.-Properly, I have strength in all things, rather (according to the context) to bear than to do. I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me. I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me. I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me. I have strength for all things, in Christ’s strengthening me I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me. I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all these things in him who strengtheneth me. I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.īecause I master all things by The Messiah who empowers me.Ĭhrist gives me the strength to face anything. ![]() ![]() I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me. I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me. I can do all things through Him who strengthens and empowers me I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. I have strength for all things in the One strengthening me. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.įor I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
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