Matthew 6:3
What meaning of the matthew 6:3 in the Bible?
What does Matthew 6:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:"
What does Matthew 6:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:"
Verse Matthew 6:3. _LET NOT THY LEFT HAND KNOW_] In many cases, works of charity must be hidden from even our nearest relatives, who, if they knew, would hinder us from doing what God has given us pow...
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 mechan...
LET NOT THY LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT THY RIGHT HAND DOETH. A strong expression to indicate that there must be no publishing of our alms deeds, and that secrecy rather that publicity must be sought. THAT...
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...
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_when thou doest alms_ Observe that the singular number is used throughout these instructions on the subject of almsgiving and prayer, and in these only. These duties are essentially personal and indi...
ΣΟΥ͂ ΔῈ ΠΟΙΟΥ͂ΝΤΟΣ. Observe the singular number here and Matthew 6:6; the duties of prayer and almsgiving are taught in their personal and individual aspect. The teaching of the Talmud commends secres...
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...
ΠΟΙΟΎΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.) gen. masc. sing. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) _gen. abs._ "когда вы..." ΓΝΏΤΩ _aor. imper. act. 3 pers. sing._ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, ΑΡΙΣΤΕΡΌΣ (G710) левый. ΔΕΞΙΌΣ (G1188...
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. Theref...
LET NOT THY LEFT HAND KNOW— This is a kind of proverbial expression, which may be explained to this effect: "Let no one, no, not even your most intimate acquaintance, know what you do; be ignorant of...
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:...
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: BUT WHEN THOU DOEST ALMS, LET NOT THY LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT THY RIGHT HAND DOETH. 'So far from making a display of it,...
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 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...
LET NOT THY LEFT HAND KNOW. — The phrase was probably proverbial, and indicates, in the form of free hyperbole, extremest secrecy. It is possible that there may be some reference to the practice of us...
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...
Be content to have God for witness to your good works, who alone has power to reward you for them. They will be disclosed soon enough to man, when at the day of general retribution the good and the ev...
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...
3._Let not thy left hand know _By this expression he means, that we ought to be satisfied with having God for our only witness, and to be so earnestly desirous to obey him, that we shall not be carrie...
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...
BUT WHEN THOU DOST ALMS,.... Do it so privately, and with so much secrecy, that, if it was possible, thou mightest not know it thyself, much less make it known to others: LET NOT THY LEFT HAND KNOW W...
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: Ver. 3. _But thou when thou doest thine alms_] The godly Christian must walk in a diverse way to a world of wicked peop...
_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...
THY LEFT HAND; let your good deeds be done without ostentation, and without seeking human praise....
BUT WHEN THOU DOEST ALMS, LET NOT THY LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT THY RIGHT HAND DOETH,...
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. I...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And, "When thou doest thine alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth."[426] Theophilus to Autolycus Book III And those that do good it teaches no...
Matthew 6:3 But G1161 you G4675 do G4160 (G5723) deed G1654 not G3361 let G1097 your G4675 hand G710 know G1097 (G5628) what G5101 your G4675 right G1188 doing G4160 (G5719) let - Matthew 8:4,...
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...
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 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 be...
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 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...
BUT WHEN YOU HELP A NEEDY PERSON. If you do not plan your works of charity to honor yourself, your motive will be right....
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docume...
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...
John 7:4; Mark 1:44; Matthew 12:19; Matthew 8:4; Matthew 9:30...
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. Bu...
Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth — A proverbial expression for doing a thing secretly. Do it as secretly as is consistent, With the doing it at all. With the doing it in the most ef...