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Therefore don`t be anxious, saying, `What will we eat?`, `What will we drink?` or, `With what will we be clothed?`
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Not All Care Is Sin
Commentators clarify that Jesus isn't forbidding all planning or responsible work. The command is against a specific kind of "disquieting, distracting, distrustful" anxiety (Henry). This sinful worry consumes the mind and stems from a practical unbelief in God's fatherly care, a mindset Calvin describes as looking everywhere for security except to God.
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19th Century
Anglican
Therefore... — The command which, in Matthew 6:25 and Matthew 6:28, had previously been given as general and abstract, is now enfo…
Baptist
“Be not anxious” is the right interpretation. Think that you may not have to be anxious. Do not forever be following the world’s trinity o…
In the light of God’s bountiful care, the questions posed in v.31 are unanswerable. Worse, they are essentially pagan. Jesus’ disciples must live l…
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16th Century
Protestant
This has the same purpose as the former doctrine. Believers ought to rely on God’s fatherly care, to expect that he will bestow upon them whatever …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore take no thought That is, for the morrow, as it is explained, (Luke 6:34) for it is lawful to t…
Presbyterian
There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Jesus more warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things …
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13th Century
Catholic
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth. Above, the Lord prescribed that we do not do works for the sake of [human] …
