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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
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But (πλην). Plain adversative like πλην in verse 24. Never despairing (μηδεν απελπιζοντες). Μηδεν is read by A B L Bohairic and is…
19th Century
Anglican
Love ye your enemies.—The tense of the Greek verb may be noted as implying a perpetual, abiding rule of action.
At this point we have a remarkable series of comparisons between the courtesies of believers and those of worldly people. Even “sinners” act decent…
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16th Century
Protestant
Lend, expecting nothing again. It is a mistake to confine this statement to usury, as if Christ only forbade his people to be usurers. The…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But love you your enemies As before urged in (Luke 6:27)
and do good and lend
Presbyterian
These are hard lessons for flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy for u…
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