Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Matthew 6:4
seeth. looketh, or observeth. Greek. blepo. App-133.
openly. Omitted by all the Greek texts. App-94.
seeth. looketh, or observeth. Greek. blepo. App-133.
openly. Omitted by all the Greek texts. App-94.
MATTHEW 6:4 avpodw,sei The Textus Receptus, following D E M S W Xvid D P S F 28 565 1241 _al,_ introduces auvto,j (“himself”) before avpodw,sei, and...
Verse Matthew 6:4. _WHICH SEETH IN SECRET_] We should ever remember that the eye of the Lord is upon us, and that he sees not only the _act_, but also every motive that led to it. _SHALL REWARD THEE...
LET NOT THY LEFT HAND KNOW ... - This is a proverbial expression, signifying that the action should be done as secretly as possible. The Hebrews often attribute actions to members which properly belon...
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...
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...
So, when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. This is the truth I tell you--they are paid in fu...
_himself_ God, not man, will reward....
ΑΥ̓ΤΌΣ omitted before ἀποδώσει, (אBL and others) its presence emphasises the reward. ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΦΑΝΕΡΩ͂Ι inserted in _textus receptus_ after ἀποδώσει σοι, a rhetorical gloss arising from a search after...
VER 2. "THEREFORE WHEN THOU DOEST THINE ALMS, DO NOT SOUND A TRUMPET BEFORE THEE, AS THE HYPOCRITES DO IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND IN THE STREETS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE GLORY OF MEN. VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THE...
_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...
Ή _praes. conj. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Conj._ с ΌΠΩΣ (G3704) используется в _прид._ цели, ΑΠΟΔΏΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G591) воздать, отплатить, вознаградить. _Fut._ используется, чт...
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...
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:...
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. THAT THINE ALMS MAY BE IN SECRET, AND THY FATHER WHICH SEETH IN SECRET [HIMSELF] SHALL REWAR...
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...
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...
OSTENTATION IN ALMSGIVING REPROVED....
REWARD THEE OPENLY] RV omits OPENLY. The reward will take place at the Day of Judgment, when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed. Yet even in this life there is the reward of a good conscienc...
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...
THAT THINE ALMS MAY BE IN SECRET. — Here again we have a principle rather than a rule. Publicity may be a duty, especially in public work. But this — gifts for schools, hospitals, and the like — is ha...
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...
_Almsgiving_. Matthew 6:2. ἐλεημοσύνην, mercy in general, but specifically alms, as a common mode of showing mercy. Compare our word charity. σαλπίσῃς : to be understood metaphorically, as there is no...
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...
This repaying or rewarding of good works, so often mentioned here by Jesus Christ, clearly evinces that good works are meritorious, and that we may do them with a view to a reward, as David did, propt...
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...
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...
4._That thy alms may be in secret _This statement appears to be opposed to many passages of Scripture, in which we are commanded to edify the brethren by good examples. But if we attend to the design...
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...
THAT THINE ALMS MAY BE IN SECRET,.... May be done in secret, and be kept a secret. The allusion seems to be to the secret chamber, where money was brought privately for the relief of the poor. "There...
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. Ver. 4. _Thy Father that seeth in secret_] And best accepteth of secret service. Song of Solom...
_Therefore_, &c. The caution is so important, that our Lord illustrates it in various particulars. _When thou doest thine alms_ Exercisest thy charity by performing works of mercy; _do not sound a tru...
THAT THINE ALMS MAY BE IN SECRET; AND THY FATHER WHICH SEETH IN SECRET, HIMSELF SHALL REWARD THEE OPENLY. Not the act of almsgiving was condemned by Christ, but only the manner. The work was well-plea...
The right way to practice charity:...
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...
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....
There are some who think that our Saviour here reflects upon some practice of the Pharisees then in use for ostentation, who, under a pretence of a means to call people together, caused a trumpet to b...
Matthew 6:4 that G3704 your G4675 deed G1654 be G5600 (G5753) in G1722 secret G2927 and G2532 your...
But whenever you give on behalf of the poor, Do not let your left hand know what your right hand does, That your almsgiving may be in secret, And your Father who sees in secret will recompense you....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew 6:4. THAT, ‘in order that'. The mode should be chosen with a view to secrecy. IN SECRET; more than ‘secretly.' Literally, ‘in the hidden' (place). THY FATHER WHO SEETH IN SECRET, in this h...
IN SECRET (τω κρυπτω). The Textus Receptus added the words εν τω φανερω (openly) here and in Matthew 6:6, but they are not genuine. Jesus does not promise a _public_ reward for private piety....
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...
BUT IT WILL BE A PRIVATE MATTER. Not that you must hide what you do, but that you avoid "showing off" your good works. AND YOUR FATHER. WILL REWARD YOU. At the Last Day. _See_ Matthew 25:31-46....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:2 HYPOCRITES originally referred to Greek actors who wore different masks to play various roles. Jesus expected his disciples to GIVE TO THE NEEDY....
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 4:5; 1 Samuel 2:30; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 17:10;...
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