Luke 16:8. "And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light." The meaning is, that the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light are in theirs - i.e. the children of this world are wiser in the management of their secular affairs to promote their worldly interest, and in contriving and disposing things that appertain to their generation, - that is, to the children of this world, - than the children of light are in the management of special affairs for their special interest. That this is the meaning, and not that the children of this world are wiser in temporal matters than the children of light are in the same matter, is evident by the following, where Christ advises us to be as wise for ourselves in special affairs as the children of this world are in temporal affairs.

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