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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 8:61 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 8:61 |
King James |
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| As at this day - i. e. "as ye are now doing, in coming with pious intentions to this festival." |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
perfect
The word implies whole-heartedness for God, single-mindedness, sincerity -- not sinless perfection. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Let your heart be יי עם שׁלם, wholly, undividedly devoted to the Lord (cf. Kg1 11:4; Kg1 15:3, Kg1 15:14, etc.). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Perfect - Let your obedience be universal, without dividing; upright, without dissembling; and constant, without declining. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Let your heart therefore be perfect - Be sincere in your faith, be irreproachable in your conduct. |
14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.