Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
Jos 1:6-8 The promise is followed by the condition upon which the Lord would fulfil His word. Joshua was to be firm and strong, i.e., well-assured, courageous, not alarmed (vid., Deu 31:6). In the first place (Jos 1:6), he was to rely firmly upon the Lord and His promise, as Moses and the Lord had already told him (Deu 31:7 and Deu 31:23), and as...
Commenting on Joshua 1:6-8
Doct. The Christian, of all men, needs courage and resolution. Indeed, there is nothing he doth as a Christian, or can do, but is an act of valour. A BE STRONG. g cowardly spirit is beneath the lowest duty of a Christian : Josh. i. 7, ' Be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest' — what ? stand in battle against those warlike nations ?
Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. (e) He shows where true prosperity consists, even to obey the word of God.