Matthew 7:24

Πᾶς ὅστις. Were the reading ὁμοιώσω adopted, this would be a case either of attraction πᾶς for πάντα to agree with ὅστις (Fritzsche), or of a broken construction: nominative, without a verb corresponding, for rhetorical effect. (Meyer, vide Winer, § lxiii., 2, d.) ἀκούει, ποιεῖ : hearing and doing, both must go together; vide James 1:22-25, for a commentary on this logion. “Doing” points generally to reality, and what it means specifically depends on the nature of the saying. “Blessed are the poor in spirit”; doing in that case means being poor in spirit. To evangelic ears the word has a legal sound, but the doing Christ had in view meant the opposite of legalism and Pharisaism. ὁμοιωθησεται : not at the judgment day (Meyer), but, either shall be assimilated by his own action (Weiss), or the future passive to be taken as a Gerund = comparandus est (Achelis). φρονίμῳ : perhaps the best rendering is “thoughtful”. The type of man meant considers well what he is about, and carefully adopts measures suited to his purpose. The undertaking on hand is building a house a serious business a house not being meant for show, or for the moment, but for a lasting home. A well-selected emblem of religion. τὴν πέτραν : the article used to denote not an individual rock, but a category a rocky foundation.