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Bible Dictionaries
Respect
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
or By respect to persons or things, in Scripture language, is meant the preferring one to another. It means therefore distinguishing grace; hence it is said, "the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering; but unto Cain and his offering he had no respect?" (Genesis 4:4-5) We are told elsewhere the cause, in that Abel offered his offering by faith in Christ, Cain did not. (Hebrews 11:4) Hence it was in Christ, and for his sake only, the difference of respect was shewn. So again, it is said, God is no respecter of persons, (Acts 10:34) Certainly not: for it is not the person of the believer, but the Lord Jesus Christ in that believer, or by virtue of JEHOVAH beholding the person of Christ in that believer, that is the sole cause of acceptation. This is a sweet thought! Though personally considered JEHOVAH hath no respect to the person of the poor believer, yet beholding and for his sake respects him in the Lord and blesseth him in Jesus.
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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Respect'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/pmd/r/respect.html. London. 1828.
