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(Reprinted by permission from Our Daily Bread Ministries. Please do not repost the full devotional without their permission.)
🙏 Click to enlarge - from Holman Bible Atlas (digital book; Hardcover)
Copyright © 1998 B&H Publishing Group, used by permission, all rights reserved.
One of the best resources for Bible maps. Please do not reproduce this map.
(Vine's Expository Dictionary) - Pdf
(Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words) webarchive.org
Jensen's Survey of the Old and New Testament
Wuest (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission)
TENSE, VOICE, MOOD
present tense
aorist tense
perfect tense
imperfect tense
present imperative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey
present imperative with a negative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey
aorist imperative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey
See discussion of the Need for the Holy Spirit to obey NT commands (or "How to Keep All 1642 Commandments in the New Testament!")
The Holy Spirit-Walking Like Jesus Walked!
Filled with His Spirit/Richly Indwelt with His Word - Chart Comparing
active voice
passive voice
middle voice
indicative mood
imperative mood
subjunctive mood
optative mood
TETELESTAI-Paid in Full - It is Finished!
Believers are God's Masterpiece, His Poiema
The present tense (habitual, lifestyle), imperative mood (a command not a suggestion!) calls for this discerning attitude to be the habit of one's life. The active voice means that we (the subject) must initiate this action as a choice of our will, but the problem is that our old man does not want to make this choice! It is only by the relying on the continual energization of God in us, the indwelling Spirit, that we will have the desire and power to obey and please God (Php 2:13NLT). To reiterate, there is only ONE WAY to keep the commands of God that is not by relying on self but by continually relying on the Spirit's power to enable us to do supernaturally what we simply cannot accomplish naturally! If you have experienced frustration and repeated failure in keeping God's commands (there are over 1600 in the NT!), then this truth is for you! It is the Spirit Who sets you free to obey God's Word. This begs several questions: Are you continually being filled with the Spirit? Eph 5:18) Are you walking by the Spirit? (Gal 5:16) Have you grieved the Spirit (Eph 4:30) or quenched the Spirit (1 Th 5:19) by harboring unconfessed sins and thus in effect cutting off the Spirit's power? If so, then confess your sins (1 John 1:9) and walk in the light (1 John 1:7), filled with and empowered by the Spirit of Christ! This is the way to abundant life and victory over the sin that so easily entangles you!
See study on meaning and significance of locative of sphere
NEW FEATURES
AS OF AUGUST, 2026
Looking for commentary on a specific verse? Just type a Scripture reference, such as Ro 8:28, press ENTER and the commentary on that verse opens immediately. All 7,592 New Testament verses have commentary, along with about two-thirds of the Old Testament.
Give the VERSE COMMENTARY FINDER a try!
2) SCRIPTURE REFERENCES ARE NOW CLICKABLE
In the past, when you saw a “+” or “-note” after a Scripture reference, you could click that symbol to open the commentary on the verse.
Now it's much easier. Just click the Scripture reference itself (any reference with a hyperlink)
For example, on Acts 1:1 you will find the list of cross-references shown below. Click on any of those Scripture references and you will be taken directly to the Precept Austin commentary on that passage. You can even click Acts 1:1 itself to see how it works.
- The first account I composed Luke 1:24
- Theophilus Luke 1:3
- about all that Jesus began to do and teach Acts 2:22; Mt 4:23,24; 11:5; Luke 7:21-23; 24:19; John 10:32-38; 18:19-21; 1 Peter 2:21-23
TRY IT! As you study, simply click a Scripture reference and follow it to the commentary. It makes following cross-references and comparing Scripture with Scripture faster and easier than ever.
NOTE: Approximately one-third of the Old Testament commentaries are still being completed, so some Old Testament references may not yet have a commentary available. Lord willing, those will be added.
inductive Bible study
observation - Power point - https://www.preceptaustin.org/inductive_bible_study_powerpoint#pp
hinge words - youtube video
Interpretation
Application
context
key words
mark key words
interrogate with the 5W/H questions
term of conclusion
term of explanation (See youtube video on "for" as a term of explanation)
terms of purpose or result - so that, in order that, that, as a result
term of contrast
Consider the "5P's" - Pause to Ponder the Passage then Practice it in the Power of the Spirit
expression of time - e.g. then; until
term of comparison// simile // metaphor
Guidelines for Figuring our Figurative Language
Interpretation
Observe With a Purpose
Keep Context King
Read Literally
Compare Scripture with Scripture
Consult Conservative Commentaries
Application
Conditional statements - first class conditional, etc
Verse Commentary Finder
“Search the Scriptures daily” — Acts 17:11
Or browse by book
Jumps to that book on Precept Austin's own Verse by Verse index
Cyril Barber's The Minister's Library - Volume 1
- The minister's library Published: 1974
Cyril Barber's The Minister's Library - Volume 2
1. General Reference Works and Bible Commentaries
2. Old Testament - reviews of commentaries
3. New Testament - reviews of commentaries
Cyril Barber's The Minister's Library - Volume 3
1. General Reference Works and Bible Commentaries
2. Old Testament - reviews of commentaries
3. New Testament - reviews of commentaries
Our enemy/enemies = the world, the flesh and the devil <> Sin = Principle <> hamartia <> flesh
18 points contrasting Law and Grace - Chart
Meditate OR Primer on Biblical Meditation
Memorizing His Word OR Memory Verses by Topic
Quiet Time: 7 Minutes With God
flesh -- main definition
Sin -- Sin principle
See Spiritual Paradox in the Christian Life
"Paradoxical Principle of 100% Dependent and 100% Responsible" (100/100)
COMMENTARIES
Joshua 1:8
Job 23:10
Job 23:11
Job 23:12
Job 31:1 Commentary
Ezra 7:10
2Samuel 9:1-13
2Samuel 12:1-14
EXODUS COMMENTARY
- Exodus 3:14 (really 1-15)
- Exodus 6:3
- Exodus 17:8 Exodus 17:9 Exodus 17:10 Exodus 17:11 Exodus 17:12 Exodus 17:13 Exodus 17:14 Exodus 17:15 Exodus 17:16
DEUTERONOMY COMMENTARY
- Deuteronomy 4 Commentary
- Deuteronomy 4:25-31 Commentary
- Deuteronomy 4:30 Commentary
- Deuteronomy 30 Commentary
- Deuteronomy 32:46-47 Commentary
- Deuteronomy 33:27-Underneath Are His Everlasting Arms
ESTHER COMMENTARY
- Esther 1 Commentary Esther 2 Commentary Esther 3 Commentary Esther 4 Commentary
- Esther 5 Commentary Esther 6 Commentary Esther 7 Commentary Esther 8 Commentary
- Esther 9 Commentary Esther 10 Commentary
PSALMS COMMENTARY
- Psalm 1:1; Ps 1:2; Ps 1:3; Ps 1:4; Ps 1:5; Ps 1:6
- Psalm 19:7 Psalm 19:8 Psalm 19:9 Psalm 19:10 Psalm 19:11 Psalm 19:12 Psalm 19:13 Psalm 19:14
- Psalm 51:1-9 Psalm 51:10-19 <> Psalm 121:1 <> Psalm 42:5 Commentary
- Psalm 113 Commentary
PROVERBS COMMENTARY
Proverbs 1 Commentary
Proverbs 2 Commentary
Proverbs 3 Commentary
Proverbs 4 Commentary Proverbs 4:23
Proverbs 5 Commentary
Proverbs 6 Commentary;
Proverbs 7 Commentary
Proverbs 18:10 Pr 18:10
Proverbs 18:11
Proverbs 28:13 Pr 28:13
Proverbs 29:18
ISAIAH COMMENTARY
Isaiah 1:2-4
Isaiah 1:5-9
Isaiah 1:10-15
Isaiah 1:16-20
Isaiah 1:21-26
Isaiah 1:27-31
Isaiah 2:1-4
Isaiah 2:5-9
Isaiah 2:10-12
Isaiah 2:13-17
Isaiah 2:18-22
Isaiah 3:1-5
Isaiah 3:6-9
Isaiah 3:10-12
Isaiah 3:13-15
Isaiah 3:16-23
Isaiah 3:24-26
Isaiah 4:1
Isaiah 4:2-6
Isaiah 5
Isaiah 6
Isaiah 7
Isaiah 8
Isaiah 9
Isaiah 10
Isaiah 11
Isaiah 12
Isaiah 13
Isaiah 34
Isaiah 35
Isaiah 40:31
Isaiah 49:16-Inscribed
Isaiah 49
Isaiah 50
Isaiah 53
Isaiah 61
Isaiah 63:1-6
JEREMIAH COMMENTARY
Jeremiah 15:16 Commentary
Jeremiah 30 Commentary
Jeremiah 31 Commentary
Jeremiah 32 Commentary
Jeremiah 33 Commentary
EZEKIEL COMMENTARY
Ezekiel 1-16 Verse by Verse Commentary
Ezekiel 36 // Ezekiel 37
Ezekiel 38 // Ezekiel 39
ZEPHANIAH COMMENTARY
Zephaniah 3 Commentary - Zephaniah 3:1-20 Verse by Verse
Zephaniah 3:17 Commentary (includes brief notes on Zephaniah 3:8-20)
Main discussion in 2Co5:17 = in Christ (Eph & Col duplicates in Christ & in Christ Jesus & in Christ)
- Make Disciples 1
- Make Disciples 2 - Begins study of Five Most Important Passages for Believers
- Make Disciples 3 - Chart comparing Filled with the Spirit and the Word
- Make Disciples 4
- Make Disciples 5
- Make Disciples 6
- Make Disciples 7
- Make Disciples 8
Angel of the LORD
Jehovah = Jesus
Abba
Adoption
HOPE
Kinsman-Redeemer (Goel) - Chart
Blood Avenger
Goel = Kinsman Redeemer (In Ruth)
Kingdom of God as discussed in Luke 17
William Barclay (critique)
While William Barclay often has very insightful Greek word studies, the Berean-like reader (Acts 17:11) needs to be aware that he does hold some very unorthodox beliefs. See on site comments and also see article on The Enigmatic William Barclay"
A W Pink (critique)
Adam Clarke
Typology
INTERPRETATION OF GOD'S WORD: Supernaturalistic
Chart comparing Literalness of Various Versions of the Bible
- Covenant: As It Relates to Marriage
- Covenant: Why Study It?
- Covenant: Introduction
- Lesson 1 Covenant: Summary Table
- Lesson 2 Covenant: The Exchange of Robes
- Lesson 3 Covenant: The Exchange of Armor and Belts
- Lesson 4 Covenant: Solemn and Binding
- Lesson 5 Covenant: A Walk Into Death
- Lesson 6 Covenant: The Oneness of Covenant
- Covenant: Oneness Notes
- Lesson 7 Covenant: Withholding Nothing from God
- Lesson 8 Covenant: Abrahamic versus Mosaic
- Lesson 9 Covenant: New Covenant in the Old Testament
- Lesson 10 Covenant: Why the New is Better
- Lesson 11 Covenant: Abrahamic vs Old vs New
New Covenant in the Old Testament
Name change
Covenant Meal
Friend a covenant word (notes)
Covenant memorial
Phylacteries in OT
Commingling of blood (notes)
Common life of covenant
Striking of hands
Mephibosheth
- Daniel's Seventieth Week - CHART
- Daniel 1 Commentary
- Daniel 2 Commentary -- Da 2:1-23
- Daniel 2 Commentary(2) -- Da 2:24-49
- Daniel 2:34-35
- Daniel 2:44-45
- Daniel 3 Commentary
Daniel 4 Commentary
Daniel 5 Commentary
Daniel 6 Commentary
Daniel 7 Commentary(1) -- Da 7:1-6
Daniel 7 Commentary(2) -- Da 7:7-14
Daniel 7 Commentary(3) -- Da 7:15-28
Daniel 8 Commentary
Daniel 9 Commentary(1) - Daniel 9:24-27 - INTRO
Daniel 9:24;
Daniel 9:25;
Daniel 9:26;
Daniel 9:27
Daniel 10 Commentary
Daniel 11 Commentary(1) -- Da 11:1-19
Daniel 11 Commentary(2) -- Da 11:20-45
Daniel 12 Commentary - Great Tribulation Begins - Mt 24:15, named - Mt 24:21
- 2 Th 2:3;
- 2 Th 2:4
- Time of Jacob's Distress (Jeremiah 30:7)
- Great Tribulation is synonymous with other time phrases = 1260 days, 42 months, "time, times, and half a time",
- "a time of distress" - Da 12:1
- the Last Days
- The Campaign of Armageddon - Tony Garland
- Day of the Lord
- Table comparing Rapture vs Second Coming
- Imminent/Imminency Redeem the Time
- Maranatha
- Hosanna
- Hallelujah
- Amen
- Births, Deaths, and Resurrections - Garland
PROPHECY:
- Earth Dwellers
- Messianic Prophecy
- Approaches to Interpretation of Prophecy: Futurist , Preterist, Historicist, Idealist
- Rise of Allegorical Interpretation
- Israel of God
- What is replacement theology / supersessionism?
- remnant
- Table summarizing all Seven Great Feasts of Israel
- Kingdom of Heaven or God (in Sermon on Mount)
- Kingdom of God as discussed in Luke 17
- Glory of God
- Shekinah glory cloud - see Garland's The Abiding Presence of God
- God's Plan for Jerusalem: Six Prophetic Mountain Peaks
- The Jewish Wedding Analogy - Garland Roles in the Wedding Party Israel Married to Jehovah Jerusalem Married to God
- Marriage of the Lamb Church Betrothed to Christ Israel, the Church, the New Jerusalem
MILLENNIUM
- Millennium 1 - summary including overview of Rev 19:11-21:3, history of how it has been interpreted
- Millennium 2 - events leading up to the millennium, including Great Tribulation and Chart of 70th week
- Millennium 3 - Millennial Kingdom description of this time on earth, primarily from the OT prophets
Day of Christ (see discussion at note 1 and/or note 2)
Chart contrasting in the flesh vs in the Spirit
flesh -- the main definition
Sin -- the Sin principle or propensity inherited from Adam
Sin (noun) (266) hamartia
Old Man
New Man
ELECTION
- List of multiple online resources related to election
- Dr Wayne Grudem -Systematic Theology- scroll down to page 580)
The Blessed Hope: Part 1
The Blessed Hope: Part 2
Other Resources on the Blessed Hope
Biblical Joy & Hope
A Powerful Principle: Hope in God
FORGIVENESS AND UNFORGIVENESS
List of links related to forgiveness/unforgiveness
Multiple illustrations and quotes related to forgiveness/unforgiveness
Exposition of "Forgiveness" in Ephesians 4:32
Exposition of "Forgiveness" in Colossians 3:13
Exposition of "Forgiveness" in Matthew 6:12 and Matthew 6:14-15
- Law as it applies to believers (excursus on Law)
- Purpose of the Law
- Passover Lamb - Table
- See also - Jesus Passover Lamb
- Kinsman Redeemer (Redemption) - OT/NT
- Goel = Kinsman Redeemer (In Ruth)
- Scriptures on Circumcision
- Circumcision (4061) peritome
- Excursus on Circumcision - probably duplicates "Scriptures on Circumcision"
- Relationship of faith and obedience - Covenant
- Obedience of faith - Ro 1:5, 16:26
- Vertical Vision
- Veil has been torn
- Timeline of Ezekiel: Establishing the Historical Context
- Timeline of Jewish and Gentile History According to Daniel - Pdf with colors and charted out
- Amalekites (see exposition of Exodus 17:8-16)
- See Related Discussion: The Deceitfulness of Sin
Summary Chart - The Attributes of God
Spurgeon on the Attributes of God
- Eternal
- Faithfulness
- Foreknows
- Good
- Holy
- Immutable
- Impartial
- Incomprehensible
- Infinite
- Jealous
- Justice
- Longsuffering
- Love
- Mercy
- Omnipotent
- Omnipresent
- Omniscient
- Providence
- Righteous
- Self-existent
- Self-sufficient
- Sovereign
- Transcendent
- Truth
- Wise
- Wrath
For (gar) is a strategic term of explanation which should always prompt a pause to prayerfully ponder what the author is saying in a given section. This pause that refreshes will give your Teacher, the Spirit, an opportunity to speak to your heart (so that what you read is more than just head knowledge), not only illuminating the text (see The Bible and Illumination) but applying the text practically to your personal life (Application). Therefore, energized by the Spirit, let us discipline ourselves for godliness and frequently "P & P" (pause and ponder) the Word -- we are sure to be richly rewarded by our Father in Heaven, for "godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come!" (1Ti 4:7-8, 1Ti 4:9-10)
Robert Morgan Sermon Intro - Introduction - Robert J Morgan is the teaching pastor at Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee and is well known for expository messages that are rich in excellent illustrations of Biblical principles. These sermons are older messages preached on various passages in Romans.
MARTIN MANSER - Dictionary of Bible Themes Enter chapter and verse at top of page to retrieve the topics on a given verse. Click topic for short definition and list of Scriptures related to that topic. Very interesting. Example:
- Name of the LORD is a Strong Tower: Summary
- Name of the LORD is a Strong Tower: Why Should You Study It?
- Abba, the name of God = "Dear Father"
- Abba, Father - Much Shorter Summary Page
- Christ The Breaker
- Christ Our Rock
- Christ The Rock of Ages
- Christ The Rock of Our Salvation
- Christ The Smitten Rock
- Christ Our Rock of Refuge-Pt 1
- Christ Our Rock of Refuge-Pt 2
- Christ the Stone
- Christ Mighty God - El Gibbor
- Emmanuel-Immanuel
- Jesus Name Above All Names
- Jesus Mighty to Save
- Jehovah
- Jehovah Ezer: The LORD our Helper:
- Jehovah Jireh: The LORD Will Provide:
- Jehovah Rapha: (Jehovah Rophe) The LORD our Healer
- Jehovah Roi (Raah, Rohi, Roeh): The Lord is My Shepherd 1
- Jehovah Roi: The Lord is My Shepherd 2
- Jehovah Sabaoth, LORD of hosts (of armies)
- Jehovah Sabaoth: Pt2)
- Jehovah Mekeddeshem (Mekadesh): LORD Who Sanctifies (Jehovah M'Kaddesh)
- Jehovah Nissi: The LORD Our Banner
- Jehovah Nissi: Exposition of Exodus 17:8-16
- Jehovah Shalom -Pt1: The LORD our Peace
- Jehovah Shalom - Pt2
- Jehovah Shammah - The LORD is There
- Elohim: My Creator
- El Elyon: Most High God - Sovereign Over All
- El Olam: Everlasting God
- Adonai - My Lord, My Master
- El Roi: God Who Sees
- EL Shaddai - God Almighty
- Our Stronghold sermon by C H Spurgeon on Pr 18:10
Near and far fulfillment schematic diagram


Source: Dee Brestin Ministries
For (gar) - Notice the little preposition "for" (there are over 7000 "for's" in Scripture) and if the context indicates, as it does in this passage, that the "for" is a term of explanation, pause and ask yourself what is the Spirit seeking to explain? In fact, stop reading right now and observe ____________ and see if you can determine what __________ is explaining. Notice how pausing to ponder will always force you to examine the context. You can (and should) practice this simple discipline every time you encounter a for, and while not every instance is a term of explanation, a "for" at the beginning of a verse is almost always is used with that grammatical sense. I guarantee that if you begin to "pause and ponder," you will radically rejuvenate your "Read Through the Bible in a Year" program! You might even get a small journal and begin to keep notes on what the Spirit illuminates and how this truth can be applied to your daily life. As you practice interrogating the text (for, therefore, but, so that, etc) with 5W/H questions such as "What's the for explaining?", you will begin to learn to (1) Read the Bible inductively (power point overview) and to (2) Meditate (see also Primer on Biblical Meditation) on the Scripture. Meditation or "chewing the cud" of the Scripture (cf Mt 4:4, Job 23:12, Jer 15:16) so to speak is a vanishing discipline in our fast paced, hi tech, low touch society, but a spiritual discipline which God promises to greatly bless (See Ps 1:1, Ps 1:2, Ps 1:3, Joshua 1:8, cf Ps 4:4, 19:14, 27:4, 49:4, 63:6, Ps 77:6, 77:12, Ps 104:34, Ps 119:15, 119:23, 119:27, Ps 119:48, 119:78, Ps 119:97, 119:99, Ps 119:148, 143:5, Ps 145:5) From the preceding passages which "organ" of our being is most often involved/engaged in meditation? What are the subjects or the focus of meditation? Reading the Bible without meditating on it is like eating without chewing. We must read…

