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A Renunciation of the Heart
Multiple commentators, including John Calvin and the Expositor's Bible Commentary, clarify that this verse is primarily about an internal posture, not necessarily a literal command for all believers to sell everything. The key is to renounce the right of ownership in your heart, yielding control of your possessions, ambitions, and even relationships to God. It is a matter of the affections, where nothing is allowed to hold a higher place than Christ.
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Renounceth not (ουκ αποτασσετα). Old Greek word to set apart as in a military camp, then in the middle voice to separate oneself f…
19th Century
Bishop
Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not . . .—Better, that renounceth not. This, then, was the immediate less…
19th Century
Preacher
In Christ's days, and afterwards, discipleship usually involved the absolute giving up of everything that his followers had, for those were times o…
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This is clearly a crucial verse. But does it mean that it is impossible to retain any possessions at all if one wants to be a true disciple? In con…
16th Century
Theologian
So then every one of you. This clause shows what is meant by the calculation of expenses, with which Christ instructs his followe…
17th Century
Pastor
So likewise whoever among you Let him be ever so forward to follow me, to make a profession of me and of my Gospel, and t…
17th Century
Minister
Although the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, they all bear their cross and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus instructs them to anti…