Scofield's Bible Commentary
Matthew 6:1
alms
Or, righteous acts. The word refers to religious externalities. These may be seen of men, but that must not be the motive.
alms
Or, righteous acts. The word refers to religious externalities. These may be seen of men, but that must not be the motive.
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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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OF: Or, with...
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Matthew 6:1 heed G4337 (G5720) do G4160 (G5721) not G3361 your G5216 deeds G1654 before G1715 men...
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