The

Grace New Testament Commentary

Volume 1:

Matthew–Acts

Volume 2:

Romans–Revelation

Based on the New King James Version

Editor

Robert N. Wilkin

Grace Evangelical Society

Denton, TX

The Grace New Testament Commentary

Copyright 2010 by Grace Evangelical Society

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided by USA copyright law.

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from The New King James Version, Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

First hardcover edition in two volumes April 2010

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ISBN-13: 978-0-9788773-3-0

Contents

Volume 1

Abbreviations

Preface

Contributing Authors

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Volume 2

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude

Revelation

Abbreviations

Common Abbreviations

c. circa

chap(s). chapter(s)

cf. compare

e.g., (exempli gratia “for example”)

Gk. or Heb. used for “Greek” or “Hebrew” within a parenthetical expression

i.e., (id est “that is”)

lit., literally

v verse

vv verses

Biblical and Textual Abbreviations

CT Critical Text

OT Old Testament

LXX Septuagint (Greek translation of the OT)

MT Majority Text

NT New Testament

TR Textus Receptus

Abbreviations of Books of the Bible

OT:

Gen

Exod

Lev

Num

Deut

Josh

Judg

Ruth

1 Sam

2 Sam

1 Kgs

2 Kgs

1 Chr

2 Chr

Ezra

Neh

Esth

Job

Ps(s)

Prov

Eccl

Song

Isa

Jer

Lam

Ezek

Dan

Hos

Joel

Amos

Obad

Jonah

Mic

Nah

Hab

Zeph

Hag

Zech

Mal

NT:

Matt

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Rom

1 Cor

2 Cor

Gal

Eph

Phil

Col

1 Thess

2 Thess

1 Tim

2 Tim

Titus

Phlm

Heb

Jas

1 Pet

2 Pet

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude

Rev

Abbreviation of Bible Translations

KJV King James Version

NASB New American Standard Bible

NET NET Bible

NIV New International Version

NKJV New King James Version

RSV Revised Standard Version

Preface

The Grace New Testament Commentary began in 1990 with the goal of producing a NT commentary from a Free Grace perspective.

This commentary is unique because it consistently presents both a Free Grace perspective and a classic Dispensational viewpoint.

We selected The New King James Version on which to base this commentary. To aid the reader in seeing the words being discussed, the first exact reference to words found in the NKJV appears in bold. Subsequent references appear in italics. Text in bold italics means that the NKJV had italics in its text. When a commentary author quotes a portion of Scripture not from the verse(s) under discussion, it appears in quotes. Bolded material in quotes means those words appeared in the verse(s) under discussion within quotation marks in the NKJV.

The introductions to each book have purposely been kept short. Readers are encouraged to see stand-alone commentaries for a fuller ...