'Commend' in the Bible
And now I commend you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to the word of His grace [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His grace is able to build you up and to give you the [rightful] inheritance among all those who are sanctified [that is, among those who are set apart for God’s purpose—all believers].
Now I introduce and commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess (servant) of the church at Cenchrea,
Now food will not commend us to God nor bring us close to Him; we are no worse off if we do not eat, nor are we better if we do eat.
I praise and appreciate you because you remember me in everything and you firmly hold to the traditions [the substance of my instructions], just as I have passed them on to you.
But in giving this next instruction, I do not praise you, because when you meet together it is not for the better but for the worse.
What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those [impoverished believers] who have nothing? What will I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? In this I will not praise you!
Are we starting to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some [false teachers], letters of recommendation to you or from you? [No!]
But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
but we commend ourselves in every way as servants of God: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,
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- Applaud (4 instances)
- Bless (187 instances)
- Cheer (35 instances)
- Commend (20 instances)
- Exalt (76 instances)
- Extol (25 instances)
- Flatter (8 instances)
- Glorify (64 instances)
- Laud (4 instances)
- Magnify (36 instances)
- Recommend (6 instances)
- Remember (253 instances)
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