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glory of Moab will be despised with all that 9 Debate your case with your neighbor,
great multitude, and the remnant will be very And do not disclose the secret to
small and feeble.” another;
10 Lest he who hears it expose your
Psalm 106:24–31
shame,
24 Then they despised the pleasant land; And your reputation be ruined.
They did not believe His word,
25 But complained in their tents, 2 Corinthians 4:1–18
And did not heed the voice of the LORD. Therefore, since we have this ministry, as
26 Therefore He raised His hand in an 4 we have received mercy, we do not lose
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oath against them, heart. But we have renounced the hidden
To overthrow them in the wilderness, things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor
27 To overthrow their descendants handling the word of God deceitfully, but by
among the nations, manifestation of the truth commending our-
And to scatter them in the lands. selves to every man’s conscience in the sight
of God. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is
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28 They joined themselves also to Baal of 4
Peor, veiled to those who are perishing, whose
And ate sacrifices made to the dead. minds the god of this age has blinded, who do
29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the
their deeds, glory of Christ, who is the image of God,
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And the plague broke out among them. should shine on them. For we do not preach
30 Then Phinehas stood up and ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and our-
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intervened, selves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For
And the plague was stopped. it is the God who commanded light to shine
31 And that was accounted to him for out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts
righteousness to give the light of the knowledge of the glory
To all generations forevermore. of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen ves-
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Proverbs 25:8–10 sels, that the excellence of the power may be
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of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on
8 Do not go hastily to court;
For what will you do in the end, every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed,
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but not in despair; persecuted, but not for-
When your neighbor has put you to saken; struck down, but not destroyed— al-
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shame?
ways carrying about in the body the dying of
the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may
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be manifested in our body. For we who live
are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake,
that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in
106:28 Baal of Peor. Refers to Baal, a god of our mortal flesh. So then death is working in
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the Moabites, whose worship occurred at the us, but life in you.
location of the mountain called Peor (Num. 13 And since we have the same spirit of faith,
23:28).sacrifices made to the dead. This most
likely refers to sacrifices made to lifeless idols according to what is written, “I believed and
(1 Thess.1:9).Israel should have been worship- therefore I spoke,” we also believe and there-
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ing “the living God”(Deut.5:26;1 Sam.17:26,36; fore speak, knowing that He who raised up
Pss.42:2; 84:2; Jer.10:3–10; Dan.6:20,26). the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus,
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and will present us with you. For all things
106:31 accounted to him for righteousness. are for your sakes, that grace, having spread
This was a just and rewardable action,evidenc- through the many, may cause thanksgiving to
ing faith in God. As with Abraham (Gen. 15:6 abound to the glory of God.
and Rom.4:3;Gal.3:6;James 2:23),so it was also 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though
with Phinehas. The everlasting covenant of our outward man is perishing, yet the inward
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perpetual priesthood through Aaron,from the man is being renewed day by day. For our light
house of Levi, was first made by God in affliction, which is but for a moment, is working
Leviticus 24:8,9. This covenant was reaffirmed for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
in Numbers 18:8,19. In this text, the covenant glory, while we do not look at the things which
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is further specified to be through the line of are seen, but at the things which are not seen.
faithful Phinehas. For the things which are seen are temporary,
but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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