7. He that overcometh--another aspect of the believer's life: a
conflict with sin, Satan, and the world is needed. Thirsting for
salvation is the first beginning of, and continues for ever (in the
sense of an appetite and relish for divine joys) a characteristic of
the believer. In a different sense, the believer "shall never thirst."
inherit all things--A, B, Vulgate, and
CYPRIAN read, "these things," namely, the
blessings described in this whole passage. With "all things," compare
1Co 3:21-23.
I will be his God--Greek, "I will be to him a God," that
is, all that is implied of blessing in the name "God."
he shall be my son--"He" is emphatic: He in particular
and in a peculiar sense, above others: Greek, "shall be to
me a son," in fullest realization of the promise made in type to
Solomon, son of David, and antitypically to the divine Son of
David.
JFB.
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