Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 8:61
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
61. perfect ] i.e. ‘Entirely surrendered’ ( shlm). So in Arabic islam = religion as entire submission; moslem, the religious man as entirely devoted.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
As at this day – i. e. as ye are now doing, in coming with pious intentions to this festival.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 61. Let your heart therefore be perfect] Be sincere in your faith, be irreproachable in your conduct.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Perfect, i.e. sincere and serious in your purposes of obedience; for sinless perfection he himself taught them was not to be expected here, Ecc 7:20.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord your God,…. Sincere in their love to him, united in their worship of him, and constant in their obedience to him:
to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day: as they did that day, neither king nor people having as yet fallen into idolatry, but showing by their then present appearance a zeal for God, his house, and worship.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Let your heart be , wholly, undividedly devoted to the Lord (cf. 1Ki 11:4; 1Ki 15:3, 1Ki 15:14, etc.).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
“ Let your heart therefore be perfect with YHWH our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.”
He then called on the people to make this true by having hearts that were fully dedicated towards God and to His covenant so that they would walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as they were doing at this time. The call was for full obedience to the covenant as expressed in the Law of Moses.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
1Ki 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Ver. 61. As at this day. ] Keep up your affections as much as may be, in this float wherein now you find them.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
perfect with = loyal: i.e. not divided between Jehovah and other gods; hence wholly devoted to. Not heeded by Solomon himself. Compare 1Ki 9:6; 1Ki 11:4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
perfect
The word implies whole-heartedness for God, single-mindedness, sincerity — not sinless perfection.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
perfect: 1Ki 11:4, 1Ki 15:3, 1Ki 15:14, Gen 17:1, Deu 18:13, 2Ki 20:3, 1Ch 28:9, Job 1:1, Job 1:8, Psa 37:37, 2Co 7:1, Phi 3:12-16
Reciprocal: 1Ch 12:38 – with a perfect heart 1Ch 28:7 – as at this day 1Ch 29:9 – perfect heart
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 8:61. Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord your God Be sincere and serious in your purposes of new obedience. Let it be universal, without dividing; upright, without dissembling; and constant, without declining. Thus having spoken to God for them, he here speaks from God to them; and those only would be the better for his prayers, that were made better by his preaching.