Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity - Love is eternal, outlasting even faith and hope.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for - Faith substantiates things hoped for, making them real to the soul.

I can do all things through Christ - The Christian can do all that God wills him to do, through Christ strengthening him.

By grace are ye saved through faith - Grace is the source, faith the means, of salvation. Both are God's gifts.

The Lord is my shepherd - The relation of a shepherd to his flock represents God's tender care over his people.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom - They have the kingdom already in present possession, as well as in hope.

In the beginning God created - The sacred writer assumes the existence of God as the eternal Being, needing no proof.

All things work together for good - Not each thing separately, but all things in their combined action and results work for good.

We conclude that a man is justified by faith - This is the grand Christian doctrine. Faith, not works, is the instrument of justification.

God so loved the world - a most sublime statement. Christ is God's unspeakable gift to a condemned world.