Luke 6:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. ”

Luke 6:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed...
Luke 6:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For if ye love them which love you, (g) what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. (g) What is there in this your work that is to be accounted of? For if you look to have reward...
Luke 6:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Level Place. This is much briefer than Matthew 5-7. The sections in Mt. that illustrate the fulfilment of the Law are omitted; more stress is laid on love and mercy. Other paralle...
Luke 6:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For . And. if. Assuming the hypothesis. App-118. what . what kind of. thank. Greek. charis. occurs more than 150 times; eight in Luke, here: Luke 6:33 ; Luke 6:34 ; Luke 6:30 ; Luke 2:...
Luke 6:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. For sinners also love those that love them - I believe the word ἁμαρτωλοι is used by St. Luke in t...
Luke 6:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, No JFB commentary on these verses.
Luke 6:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Choice of the Twelve. Sermon in the Plain 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn ( Matthew 12:1 ; Mark 2:23 ). See on Mt and Mk.
Luke 6:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For if ye love them which love you. — See Note on Matthew 5:46 , and note St. Luke’s use, as writing for Gentiles, of the wider term “sinners,” instead of the more specific “publicans,” which poin...
Luke 6:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and s...
Luke 6:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

How to Treat Our Fellow-Men Luke 6:27-38 Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount differs from that of Matthew, only as each views the great discourse from his own standpoint. By one it is vie...
Luke 6:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is...
Luke 6:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor; for your's is the kingdom of God. (21) Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep...
Luke 6:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? .... Or, "what grace have ye?" this is no fruit, nor evidence of grace, nor any exercise of the true grace of love; nor is it any favour confe...
Luke 6:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. Ver. 32. See Matthew 5:46 . See Trapp on " Mat 5:46 "
Luke 6:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If ye love them which love you, what thank have ye What great thanks are due to you on that account? For there are some sentiments of gratitude common even to the worst of men, which incline the mo...
Luke 6:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LORD OF THE SABBATH (vs.1-11) "The second Sabbath after the first" is literally translated the "second-first Sabbath" (JND trans.), an unusual expression. The first Sabbath was that following the...
Luke 6:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortations to Justice and Mercy. 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless...
Luke 6:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 32-34. See Poole on " Matthew 5:46 " . See Poole on " Matthew 5:47 " . The strength of our Saviour's argument lieth in this, That God expects that those who have received more grace and favour...
Luke 6:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Proclaims The New Law of the Kingly Rule of God (6:20-49). Like Matthew 5-7 this ‘sermon' or ‘address' is carefully put together and patterned, but, in spite of similarities, we would be mis...
Luke 6:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 6:20-49 .—Though various opinions have been held on the subject, the balance of probabilities seems in favour of the supposition that the discourse commonly known as the Sermo...
Luke 6:32 - Scofield Reference Notes

sinners ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
Luke 6:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 6:1 . On the second sabbath after the first. The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11 , on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote t...
Luke 6:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? The heroic in Christianity Our Master, evidently, from the verses before us, did not come into the world to teach us to conform to the wa...
Luke 6:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 6:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath. Luke 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first . The expression...
Luke 6:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? For sinners also love those that love them.
Luke 6:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:19 ; 1 Peter 2:20 ; Matthew 5:46 ; Matthew 5:47
Luke 6:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It is greatly observable, our Lord has so little regard for one of the highest instances of natural virtue, namely, the returning love for love, that he does not account it even to deserve thanks....

Luke 6:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 6:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 6:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 6:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 6:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 6:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 6:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 6:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 6:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 6:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 6:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 6:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 6:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 6:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 6:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 6:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 6:32 - Scofield Reference Notes

Luke 6:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 6:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 6:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 6:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 6:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 6:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes