The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, eBook Quotes

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.3v The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;w may the name of the LORD be praised.”x”
― Anonymous, The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, eBook: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message

“Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”p”
― Anonymous, The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, eBook: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message

“sin. Israel’s most pressing need (v. 9; 32:32). wickedness, rebellion and sin. The use of the three major OT words for sin emphasizes that God is willing to forgive all kinds of sin/sinners. Yet . . . unpunished. God’s forgiveness is never at the expense of his justice; the guilty cannot simply be acquitted. punishes . . . generation. See note on 20:5. There is no such thing as sin without consequences, which here, as in 20:5, impacts successive generations. The implicit tensions of vv. 6–7 are only partially resolved by the various judgments of Israel’s sin that culminated with the exile; but they are fully resolved in the death of Jesus, which was both the ultimate expression of God’s love and a full expression of God’s wrath (Rom 3:25–26).”
― Anonymous, The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, eBook: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message

“Yet God’s coming wrath is also victorious, being linked to his righteous judgment and the day of Yahweh, “the day of God’s wrath” (Rom 2:5). As such, the coming wrath answers (not raises) ultimate questions related to the justice of God. Through the coming wrath, judgment, and hell, God’s ultimate victory is displayed over evil, and his righteousness is vindicated (Rev 6:16–17; 11:18; 14:6–20; 15:1—16:21; 19:11–21). There is a “comfort” to wrath and hell. That God will one day avenge his people points to his covenant faithfulness and urges patience, hope, perseverance, and worship (Rom 9:22–23; 12:19; 2 Thess. 1:5–11; Jas 5:1–11; Rev 11:15–19; 15:3–4; 16:5–7; 19:1–10). God will judge everyone, the weak and the powerful (Rev 20:11–15). He and his people will win in the end, and he will ensure that justice prevails. Through his righteous judgment and ultimate victory, God will glorify himself, displaying his greatness and receiving the worship he is due.”
― Anonymous, The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, eBook: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message

“do not want you to become lazy, but to imitates those who through faith and patiencet inherit what has been promised.u”
― Anonymous, The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, eBook: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message

“holy brothers and sisters,a who share in the heavenly calling,b fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledgec as our apostle and high priest.”
― Anonymous, The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, eBook: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message

“So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in4 Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.p”
― Zondervan Publishing, The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, eBook: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message