NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew 23:21

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21

He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.

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Verse 21. By him that dwelleth in it. Here we see that swearing by creatures, as by the gospel and by the saints, is all referred to the honour of God, whose gospel it is, whose saints they are. B.

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NU reads “lives”

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