What does Matthew 6:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly."
MATTHEW 6:18 soi {A} See the comment on ver. 4....
Verse Matthew 6:18. _THY FATHER WHICH SEETH IN SECRET_] Let us not be afraid that our hearts can be concealed from God; but let us fear lest he perceive them to be more desirous of the praise of men t...
BUT THOU WHEN THOU FASTEST, ANOINT ... - That is, appear as you do daily. Do not assume any new appearance, or change your visage or dress. The Jews and all neighboring nations were much in the habit...
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 mechan...
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...
ΚΡΥΠΤΩ͂Ι is read for κρυφαίῳ from the occurrence of the word in Matthew 6:4; Matthew 6:6....
VER 17. "BUT THOU, WHEN THOU FASTEST, ANOINT THINE HEAD, AND WASH THY FACE; 18. THAT THOU APPEAR NOT UNTO MEN TO FAST, BUT UNTO THY FATHER WHICH IS IN SECRET: AND THY FATHER, WHICH SEETH IN SECRET, SH...
_THE ACTIONS OF FASTING AND GIVING MATTHEW 6:16-21_ : Fasting is to be seen only by God. God said, "When you fast." It seems that fasting is expected among Christians, but not commanded for Christians...
ΦΑΝΉΣ _aor. conj. pass. (dep.) от_ ΦΑΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G5316) являться, показывать себя (BAGD). _Conj._ с ΌΠΩΣ (G3704) употребляется в _прид._ цели. _Отр._ ΜΉ (G3361) употреблено с _conj._, чтобы предотвратить...
DISCOURSE: 1320 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING FASTING Matthew 6:16. _Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to f...
ANOINT THINE HEAD— That is to say, "Affect nothing which is uncommon; and, rather than put on a _sad countenance,_ which may shew to all around you that you fast, _wash_, on the contrary, _your face,...
D. THE MOTIVES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:1-18) 4. HIS MOTIVATION FOR FASTING. (Matthew 6:16-18) TEXT: 6:16-18 16. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:...
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. THAT THOU APPEAR NOT UNTO MEN TO FAST, BUT UNTO THY...
14-15 Compare Mar_11:25-26. 14 Forgiveness now is according to the riches of His grace (Eph_1:7), not according to our forgiveness of others. The believers in Israel failed at this point. Their forgi...
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 f...
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 s...
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...
_Fasting_....
HOW TO PRAY AND HOW TO FAST Matthew 6:9-18 This might more fitly be termed the “disciples' prayer.” As we tread its stately aisles, we cannot but think of the myriads who have stood on the same pave...
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...
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 thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. We have our LORD'S direction in these verses concerning...
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...
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 THOU APPEAR NOT UNTO MEN TO FAST,.... Which is just the reverse of the hypocrites, the Scribes and Pharisees; and quite contrary to the customs of the Jews, who when they fasted, particularly on...
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Ver 18. _That thou appear not unto men to fast, &c._] H...
_When ye fast_ Our Lord does not enjoin either fasting, alms-deeds, or prayer, all these being duties which were before fully established in the Church of God. _Be not as the hypocrites_, &c. Do not f...
The proper method of fasting:...
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...
16-18 Religious fasting is a duty required of the disciples of Christ, but it is not so much a duty itself, as a means to dispose us for other duties. Fasting is the humbling of the soul, Psalms 35:13...
Ver. 16-18. Our Saviour in these words returns to his former work, to caution his disciples against hypocrisy, vain glory, and ostentation in their religious duties, the doing them to be seen of men....
Matthew 6:18 that G3704 not G3361 appear G5316 (G5652) men G444 fasting G3522 (G5723) but G235 your G4675 Father G3962 who G3588 in G1722 secret G2927 and G2532 your G4675 Father G3962 who G3588 sees...
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 behav...
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...
IN SECRET (εν τω κρυφαιω). Here as in Matthew 6:4; Matthew 6:6 the Textus Receptus adds εν τω φανερω (openly), but it is not genuine. The word κρυφαιος is here alone in the New Testament, but occur...
Matthew 6:16 Let us ask what is the use of fasting, for so we shall best come to understand the true methods and degrees of fasting. All bodily discipline, all voluntary abstinence from pleasure of w...
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...
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 relations...
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...
16-18. AND WHEN YOU FAST. This is the third example of the right and wrong way of doing religious duties. The same principle of avoiding a "show off" attitude applies here. Fasting can be useful, but...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:16 Various kinds of fasts were practiced in OT times, though the law required only one fast a year, on the Day of Atonement. (Fasting is probably implied by the command to “a...
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 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 2:13; 2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Corinthians 5:9; Colossians 3:22; Matthew 6:4; Matthew 6:6; Romans 2:6...