Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
Judge - Defend and deliver them. Reprove - Or condemn their malicious enemies. Thy rod - With his word, which is his scepter, and the rod of his power, Psalms 110:2, which is sharper than a sword, Hebrews 4:12, by the preaching whereof he subdued the world to himself, and will destroy his enemies, II Thessalonians 2:8. This he adds farther, to declare the nature of Christ's kingdom, that it is not of this world.
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