...
Your communication. Your word; what you say.
Be, Yea. Yes. This does not mean that we should always use the word …

Let your communication—This is one of the few instances in which the translators seem to have preferred a somewhat pedantic Latin …

False swearing was forbidden formerly, but every kind of swearing is forbidden now by the word of our Lord Jesus. He mentions several forms of oath…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Lord has until now taught to abstain from injuring our neighbor, forbidding anger with murder, lust with…

The Greek might better be translated “But let your word be, ‘Yes, Yes; No, No.’ ” The doubling is probably part of Jesus’ rhetoric. This saying is …

But your speech shall be, Yes, yes; No, no. Christ now prescribes, in the second place, a remedy, which is that people act towards each ot…

But let your communication be yea, yea
That is, let your speech, in your common conversation, and daily business of …

There is no reason to consider solemn oaths in a court of justice, or on other proper occasions, to be wrong, provided they are taken with due reve…

Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, you shall not forswear yourself. Above, the Lord fulfilled one perm…
Loading sermons...
Loading catechisms...
Loading confessions...
Loading devotionals...
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes