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But the wise answered, saying, `What if there will not be enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.`
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Grace Cannot Be Borrowed
Commentators unanimously stress that spiritual preparedness is personal and non-transferable. The wise virgins' refusal isn't selfish; it reflects the reality that each person must have their own relationship with God. As scholars like Matthew Henry and John Gill note, even the most faithful have no "grace to spare," underscoring that salvation is an individual matter that cannot be borrowed at the last moment.
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Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you (μηποτε ου μη αρκεσε ημιν κα υμιν). There is an elliptical construction here …
19th Century
Anglican
Not so — These words, as the italics indicate, are not in the Greek. They are perhaps necessary to complete the sense in English, …
Baptist
No believer has more grace than he needs; "the wise" virgins had no oil to give away. They gave the best advice they could under the circumstances,…
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At midnight (a symbol of the end of time) “the cry rang out.” All the virgins wake up and trim their lamps; but the lamps of the foolish virgins qu…
16th Century
Protestant
Lest there be not enough for you and us. We know that the Lord distributes His gifts so variously to each, according to their measure, so …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But the wise answered, saying, not so A flat denial; and which sprung not from want or compassion; for the saints ar…
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Presbyterian
The circumstances of the parable of the ten virgins were taken from the marriage customs among the Jews and explain the great day of Christ's comin…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the discussion concerned the Lord’s Coming for the Judgment; here, it concerns the Judgment itself. Therefore, this chapter is divided into t…