Of your Father [π α ρ α]. The A. V. implies the source of the reward; but the preposition means with, by the side of; so that the true sense is, reserved for you and awaiting you by the side of your Father. Rev., rightly, with.
CHAPTER VI. _Of alms-giving_, 1-5. _Of prayer_, 6-8. _The Lord's prayer, or model according to which Christians_ _should pray_, 9-13. _Of forgiveness_, 14, 15. _Of fasting_, 16, 17....
TAKE HEED THAT YE DO NOT YOUR ALMS - The word “alms” here denotes liberality to the poor and needy. In the margin, as in the best editions of the Greek it is “righteousness;” either referring to almsg...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World; Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_ Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass th...
THE FULFILLED LAW IN RELATION TO THE LIFE OF THE PHARISEES. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer (Matthew 6:7) has parallels in Lk. MATTHEW 6:1 is a general warning; three aspects of the mechani...
PIETY WITHOUT DISPLAY. -- Matthew 6:1-15. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Man looketh at the outward appearance, but God looketh upon the heart._ -- 1 Samuel 16:7. TIME AND PLACE. --Same as in the last two lessons....
THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18) When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the place of the...
ALMS. an alms. All the critical texts read "righteousness". referring to all the subjects that follow, Matthew 6:2 -- Matthew 7:11. But this is conjecture, because "alms" is the first subject (Matthew...
Matthew 6:1-4. Almsgiving (2) The Kingdom of Heaven exceeds the righteousness of the Pharisees in regard to (_a_) Almsgiving, 1 4 1. _alms_ The best MSS. have "righteousness;" the two words were near...
ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗΝ (א*BD, 1. 209) for ἐλεημοσύνην of the receptus. ἐλεημοσύνην was doubtless a marginal explanation. 1. ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗΝ for ἐλεημοσύνην. See crit. notes for the evidence for the reading. The two...
VER 1. "TAKE HEED THAT YE DO NOT YOUR ALMS BEFORE MEN, TO BE SEEN OF THEM: OTHERWISE YE HAVE NO REWARD OF YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN." Gloss., non occ.: Christ having now fulfilled the Law in resp...
_THE ACTION OF SHARING MATTHEW 6:1-4_ : Charitable deeds are to be done by children of God. But, if charitable deeds are done only to be seen of men that will be your reward in full. Our charitable de...
ΠΡΟΣΈΧΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΧΩ (G4337) остерегаться, проявлять осторожность, следить. _Praes._ призывает к постоянной бдительности, ΠΟΙΕΪ́Ν _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. _In...
DISCOURSE: 1311 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING ALMS-DEEDS Matthew 6:1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefor...
TAKE HEED THAT YE DO NOT YOUR ALMS— _Your righteousness._ Our translators have put _alms_ in the text; but doubting, upon good grounds, whether that was the true reading, they have for _alms_ put in t...
CHAPTER SIX D. THE MOTIVES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:1-18) 1. HIS BASIC MOTIVE. (Matthew 6:1) TEXT: 6:1 1. Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them:...
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. TAKE HEED THAT YE DO NOT YOUR ALMS, [ eleeemosuneen (G1654)]. But t...
1 The Pharisees deemed alms-giving, prayer and fasting the three most eminent exhibitions of piety, for alms was the ideal expression of their relation to their neighbor, prayer of their intercourse w...
6:1 alms (a-7) Many read, probably rightly, 'your righteousness.'...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind, but that we are to look fo...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4 V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other people. Do not do your good works...
VI. (1) From the protest against the casuistry which tampered with and distorted the great primary commandments, the Sermon on the Mount passes to the defects of character and action which vitiated th...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
describes the general character of Pharisaic righteousness. hen follow three special examples: _alms_, Matthew 6:2-4; _prayer_, Matthew 6:5-6; _fasting_, Matthew 6:16-18. The transition from the one t...
SECRET GIVING AND SECRET PRAYING Matthew 6:1-8 First we have the general proposition that righteousness, that is, one's religious duties, should not be done for the sake of display; and that princip...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a statemen...
Take heed that ye do not your (1) alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no (a) reward of your Father which is in heaven. (1) Ambition makes alms vain. (a) This word "reward" is alwa...
Your justice; [1] in the common Greek copies, your alms, which seems to be the sense in this place. (Witham) --- Hereby it is plain that good works are justice, and that man doing them doth justice, a...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. The LORD JESUS is here giving instructions concerning the gift of alms. And his directions are...
This Chapter is a continuation of the former. Most blessedly the LORD JESUS prosecutes the subject of his Sermon through the whole of it....
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_ALMSGIVING_ ‘Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them … thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.’ Matthew 6:1 In this part of the Sermon on the M...
1._Beware _In this passage, Christ exhorts his people to devote themselves sincerely to good works; that is, to endeavor, with simplicity, to do what is right before God, and not to make a parade befo...
This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
TAKE HEED THAT YE DO NOT YOUR ALMS BEFORE MEN,.... Some copies read, "take heed that ye do not your righteousness", c. which is a very good reading: but then, by "righteousness", is not meant righteou...
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Ver. 1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms_] Your justice, saith the...
_Take heed that ye do not your alms_, &c. As some copies and very ancient versions read δικαιοσυνην, _righteousness_, instead of ελεημοσυνην, _alms-deeds_, and several of the fathers quote the passage...
TO BE SEEN OF THEM; to gain their applause. The character of external actions is determined by the feelings and motives....
OF GIVING OF ALMS, PRAYING, AND FASTING. The first part of Christ's sermon had treated of the right interpretation of the Law, shown by many examples. From scribe law He now passes to Pharisaic pract...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
OF: Or, with...
1-4 Our Lord next warned against hypocrisy and outward show in religious duties. What we do, must be done from an inward principle, that we may be approved of God, not that we may be praised of men....
MATTHEW CHAPTER 6 MATTHEW 6:1 Christ continuing his sermon, giveth directions about alms giving, MATTHEW 6:5 prayer, MATTHEW 6:14 forgiving our brethren,...
First Apology of Justin And, "Do not these things to be seen of men; otherwise ye have no reward from your Father which is in heaven."[26] Tertullian To His Wife Book II But since Scripture command...
Matthew 6:1 heed G4337 (G5720) do G4160 (G5721) not G3361 your G5216 deeds G1654 before G1715 men...
“Take care that you do not do your righteousness before men, To be seen of them, Else you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. These words introduce the whole passage from Matthew 6:1....
THE DOING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE GIVING OF GIFTS TO THE POOR (6:1-4). Analysis of Matthew 6:1. In considering the following analyses the small letters indicate the chiasmus in each section, while t...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT PART 2. Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction, And Each of Which Culminates in Assurances of the Fat...
THEIR RELIGIOUS EXERCISES ARE TO BE KNOWN ONLY TO THE FATHER AND NOT TO MEN (6:1-18). We will now, therefore, initially consider together the first four passages which deal with their religious behavi...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Our Lord passes from moral to religious duties, enjoining a ‘righteousness' (Matthew 6:1), which exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees (‘hypocrites'), and has regard to the character of our ‘Fathe...
Matthew 6:1. TAKE HEED. Obedience to this precept difficult as well as important. The duties are to be performed, the care respects the ‘end' and the ‘method.' The method to be cared for to guard agai...
TAKE HEED (προσεχετε). The Greek idiom includes "mind" (νουν) which is often expressed in ancient Greek and once in the Septuagint (Job 7:17). In the New Testament the substantive νους is understood...
ALMS Or, righteous acts. The word refers to religious externalities. These may be seen of men, but that must not be the motive....
Matthew 6:1 Running through this chapter are two lines of thought that become one in the deep underlying truth: I. The Father's claim. Born of God, we are bound to Him in the deepest, closest, most a...
Matthew 6:1 The Law kept by Sincerity. I. It was the custom for great personages princes and governors and such like when making high procession through some favoured province, to sound a trumpet bef...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven._ The motive which leads a man to give, will form the tr...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven._ Our blessed Lord does not tell his disciples to give a...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven._ «You cannot expect to be paid twice, if therefore you...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
BE CAREFUL. Jesus condemns those who "show off' and make a parade of their works of charity. He then gives three illustrations of what he is saying. The Christian is not forbidden to do his religious...
Alms before men. ALMSGIVING I. The duty to which our lord refers. The word in the first verse rendered “alms” is in some ancient copies rendered righteousness; in the second verse it means charitabl...
CHAPTER 6 _Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read _δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 6:1. ALMS.—_Righteousness_ (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding, better than “alms.” In ch. Matthew 5:20, the disciples a...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 6:1 _The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns from cases which could be directly dedu...
Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
1 Corinthians 9:17; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 2 Corinthians 9:10; 2 Corinthians 9:9;...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 5:43; _Matthew 6:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them. That is only natural. But...
In the foregoing chapter our Lord particularly described the nature of inward holiness. In this he describes that purity of intention without which none of our outward actions are holy. This chapter c...
Observe here, 1. The duty directed to, almsgiving after. right manner; DO NOT YOUR ALMS BEFORE MAN: some copies read it, DO NOT YOUR RIGTEOUSNESS BEFORE MEN: because almsgiving is. considerable part o...