Category Archives: Commentary

Psalm 130

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 130 Israel Confident in Jehovah’s Mercy and Forgiveness   Psalm 130. This is a Psalm of repentance: Israel (the ten tribes especially) repenting and finding forgiveness. This answers to the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 23.   PSALM 130 A Song of degrees. 1 Out of the depths do I call upon […]

Psalm 146

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 146 Israel Praises Jehovah as Creator and Sustainer of All, and Israel’s Great Deliverer   Psalm 146. The last five Psalms are called the “Great Hallel”, and they give us the crescendo of praise to Jehovah from restored Israel in the Millennium. All of them are double-Hallelujah Psalms. These are also orphan […]

1 Samuel 16

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   David God’s Chosen Man: Persecuted by Saul 1 Samuel 16 – 31     The Annointing of David: A Contrast with Saul 1 Samuel 16     CHAPTER 16 1 And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy […]

Ephesians 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Parenthesis: The Mystery – Jew and Gentile in One Body Ephesians 3   The Ephesians 3 parenthesis. We can see that Eph. 3:1 and Eph. 4:1 start out very similarly. This strengthens the fact that Eph. 3:2-21 is a parenthesis! The purpose of ch.3 is to explain the apparent contradiction between the Old Testament promises and […]

Romans 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Justification Through Faith Alone Romans 4   Romans 4. Paul presents Old Testament examples which bolster the truth of the previous chapter, namely that we are justified through faith. In ch.3 we see the blood of Christ (Rom. 3:25) to satisfy God as to the question of our sins. In ch.4 we see the resurrection of Christ to […]

Romans 15:14-33

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Conclusion: Summary of Paul’s Ministry and Travel Plans Romans 15:14-33     ContentsWhy Paul had Written: His Ministry to the Gentiles (15:14-21)Why Paul Had Not Yet Visited Rome and His Future Plans (15:22-29)Paul’s Prayer Requests and His Personal Prayer for the Romans (15:30-33) Why Paul had Written: His Ministry to the Gentiles (15:14-21) […]

Genesis 25:1-10

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Abraham’s Legacy & Death Genesis 25:1-10     ContentsAbraham’s Marriage to Keturah and Her Sons (25:1-4)Abraham Bequeaths All to Isaac (25:5-6)Death and Burial of Abraham (25:7-10) Abraham’s Marriage to Keturah and Her Sons (25:1-4) CHAPTER 25 1 And Abraham took another wife named Keturah [‘perfume’]. v.1 Keturah. We are not told at what […]

Joshua

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF JOSHUA   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24   O U T L I N E – Coming Into the Land: A Believer Seated in the Heavenlies Joshua 1 – 4 – […]

Matthew 7:1-6

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Having a Right Focus in Connection with Social Things Matthew 7:1-6     ContentsAbuse of Judgment in Connection with Fellow Believers (7:1-5)Abuse of Grace in Connection with Unbelievers (7:6)  Abuse of Judgment in Connection with Fellow Believers (7:1-5) Offenses and perceived sin in our brethren (vv.1-5). Previously, the Lord had addressed persecution and offenses from the world, and with our enemies. […]

Matthew 27:27-66

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Crucifixion and Death of Christ Matthew 27:27-66      ContentsThe Mocking of the Soldiers (vv.27-31)The Actual Crucifixion of Jesus (vv.32-37)The Mocking of the Jews (vv.38-44)The Three Hours of Darkness (vv.45-49)The Death of Jesus and the Signs the Followed (vv.50-54)The Women Who Followed (vv.55-56)The Burial of Jesus (vv.57-66)Joseph’s Tomb (vv.57-61)The Attempt to Secure the Sepulchre […]

1 Corinthians 12

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Nature and Use of Gifts in the Assembly 1 Corinthians 12 – 14   1 Corinthians 12 – 14. In these three chapters of the epistle, Paul takes up the exercise of gift in the assembly, and the principles that ought to regulate it. It is a continuation, in a sense, of ch.11 where […]

1 Kings 6

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Temple 1 Kings 6       CHAPTER 6 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, […]

1 Kings 21

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Ahab and Naboth: the King’s Treachery, and Judgment Promised 1 Kings 21       CHAPTER 21 1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jizreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jizreel, by the side of the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard, […]

Daniel 11

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The King of the North, the King of the South, and the Antichrist Daniel 11     ContentsHistorical Events in Connection with the Land of Israel (11:2-35)The Succession of Persian Monarchs from Cyrus (v.2)Alexander the Great and the Division of His Empire (vv.3-4)The King of the North and the King of the South […]

Acts

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28   O U T L I N E – The Formation of the Church & the […]

Colossians

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS   1 2 3 4   O U T L I N E – Introduction: Christ the Preeminent One Colossians 1 – Opening Salutation Colossians 1:1-2 – Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Colossians Colossians 1:3-14 – Expounding Christ’s Glory and Paul’s Ministry Colossians 1:15-29 – The Double […]

Hebrews 10:19-39

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Practical: The Results of Christ’s Superiority in the Believer’s Life Hebrews 10:19 – 13:17   Practical Section: “Let Us”. Now we come to the practical portion of the Epistle to the Hebrews. As with most epistles, the practical exhortations follow the doctrine, because right practice flows from right doctrine. Having considered the glories […]

2 John

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN, CALLED SECOND JOHN   O U T L I N E – Walking in Truth and Love and Refusing False Teachers 2 John 1:1-13 – Greeting 2 John 1:1-3 – Walking in Truth and Love 2 John 1:4-6 – Detecting and Rejecting False Teachers 2 John 1:7-11 – […]

Acts 8

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Early Persecution & Expansion of the Church to Incorporate Gentiles Acts 8 – 12   Acts 8 – 12. The Lord Jesus had told the disciples, “ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and […]