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Philemon: The MacArthur New Testament Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

This New Testament commentary series reflects a sound knowledge of the text and a gift for practical application of Scripture truth. Some commentaries are primarily linguistic, others are mostly theological, and some are mainly homiletical. This series is expository, doctrinal and practical. It focuses on the main doctrines in each text and how they relate to other Scriptures and what they mean...

No one could ever offend us the way we have offended God. Yet He graciously, mercifully forgives us. Believers who fail to forgive others are like the wicked slave of Jesus’ parable in Matthew 18. Although forgiven a huge, unpayable debt by the king, that evil man refused to forgive another slave of a small, insignificant debt. There is no comparison between other people’s offenses against us and our offenses against God. Third, Christians who fail to forgive others will not enjoy forgiveness from
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