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that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
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A Divine Family Resemblance
Commentators unanimously agree that being “sons of your Father” means showing a family resemblance to God. Just as God gives common blessings like sun and rain to everyone, regardless of their righteousness, His children are called to show indiscriminate love, even to their enemies. Scholars clarify this action doesn't earn our sonship, but rather proves it, demonstrating the inner change that comes from being adopted into God's family.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That you may be the children of your Father. In Greek, the sons of your Father. The word son has a variety of meanings (see Barne…
19th Century
Anglican
That you may be—literally, and with far fuller meaning, that you may become. We cannot become like God in power or wisdom…
Baptist
It is our part to persist in loving, even if people persist in enmity. We are to offer blessing for cursing, prayers for persecutions. Even in the …
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Jesus allowed no casuistry. The real direction indicated by the law is love, rich and costly, and extended even to enemies. Many take the verb and …
16th Century
Protestant
That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven. When He expressly declares that no one will be a child of God unless he …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That you may be the children of your father
Not that any became the children of God, by doing things in imitation …
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The Jewish teachers understood —neighbor' to mean only those who were of their own country, nation, and religion, whom they regarded as their frien…
13th Century
Catholic
You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor. Above, the Lord fulfilled the Law concerning permissi…
