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Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
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Forgiveness: A Condition for Prayer
Commentators unanimously state that a forgiving spirit is a non-negotiable condition for effective prayer. Jesus directly links our willingness to forgive others to our own experience of receiving God's forgiveness. As one scholar puts it, even the most intense prayer of faith is incomplete unless the worshipper has a heart of forgiveness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And when ye stand praying. When you pray, it seems that the posture in prayer was sometimes standing and sometimes kneeling.
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Whensoever ye stand (οταν στηκετε). Late form of present indicative στηκω, from perfect stem εστηκα. In LXX. Note use of οταν as i…
19th Century
Anglican
And when you stand praying, forgive.—See Notes on Matthew 6:14. The reproduction of the words which are recorded as havin…
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The transition between v.24 and v.25 is abrupt, but there is a connection. To be effective prayer must be offered in faith—faith in the all-powerfu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when you stand praying Are about to engage in that work, or are engaged in it, performing it in such a posture; …
The disciples could not understand why that fig tree should wither away so soon; but all who reject Christ wither. It represented the state of the …
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