“ And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ”
This passage contains the Lord’s prayer, a composition unequalled for comprehensiveness and for beauty. It is supposed that some of these petitions were taken from those in common use among the Jew...
The fulfilled Law in Relation to the Life of the Pharisees. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer ( Matthew 6:7-15 ) has parallels in Lk. Matthew 6:1 is a general warning; three aspects o...
our debts. Sin is so called because failure in the obligation involves expiation and satisfaction. we . we also. that is only what we mortals do. "We" is thus emphatic ("also" is ignored by the...
12. And forgive us our debts Here it may be proper that we should be reminded of what I said a little before, that Christ, in arranging the prayers of his people, did not consider which was...
DISCOURSE: 1316 THE LORD’S PRAYER Matthew 6:12 . And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors . THE petitions of men to the Supreme Being will be presented in a different order, accordin...
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And forgive us our debts - Sin is represented here under the notion of a debt, and as our sins are many, they are called here debts. God made man...
And forgive us our debts, &c.— 5. We may observe, that this is the only petition in this prayer upon which our Lord enlarges, and indeed it is a petition of the greater consequence, and the mor...
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And forgive us our debts. A vitally important view of sin this-as an offence against God demanding reparation to His dishonoured claims up...
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 loo...
Forgive us our debts. — Duty — i.e., that which we owe, or ought to do — and debts are, it may be noted, only different forms of the same word. A duty unfulfilled is a debt unpaid. Primarily,...
Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
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...
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 stateme...
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. We have here the pattern of prayer; which the LORD JESUS himself hat...
FORGIVENESS FOR THE FORGIVING ‘Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.’ Matthew 6:12 It is with the precious promises of God’s Word before us, and with all the bitter remembrance of...
And forgive us our debts ,.... Nothing is more frequent in the Jewish writings than to call sins חובי, "debts"; and the phrase, of forgiving, is used both of God and men. Thus the prayer of Solomon...
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Ver. 12. And forgive us our debts, &c. ] Loose us (saith the original) and let us go free, (αφες): for unpardoned sinners are in the bond...
And forgive us our debts , &c. The suffering of punishment for transgressing God's laws is a debt which sinners owe to the divine justice; and “when we ask God, in prayer, to forgive our debts...
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 imp...
The Sermon on the Mount. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy king...
Our Saviour here doth not teach us the order in which we should pray for good things for ourselves, only in three petitions comprehends whatsoever we should ask of God. For doubtless we are obliged,...
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 be...
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 dis...
we forgive our debtors This is legal ground, (compare ( Ephesians 4:32 ), which is grace. Under law forgiveness is conditioned upon a like spirit in us; under grace we are forgiven for Christ'...
Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:12 I. The request. (1) We are in debt to God. We have only to listen to the voice of conscience to admit this at once. For amongst the deepest of all our instincts is t...
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...
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 righte...
Forgive us our debts. Forgive us our debts There is a twofold debt which man oweth to God. I. A debt of duty, worship, and obedience; II. A debt of punishment. ( Thomas Manton, D. D. )...
EXPOSITION Matthew 6:1-40 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 b...
One of the greatest spiritual and temporal needs: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. We daily contract an enormous, an unbelievable amount of debts before God. And the more we de...
1 John 1:7-9 ; 1 Kings 8:30 ; 1 Kings 8:34 ; 1 Kings 8:39 ; 1 Kings 8:50 ; Acts 13:38 ; Colossians 3:13 ; Daniel 9:19 ; Ephesians 1:7 ; Ephesians 4:32 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Isaiah 1:18 ; Luke...
The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 6:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them. That is o...
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors — Give us, O Lord, redemption in thy blood, even the forgiveness of sins: as thou enablest us freely and fully to forgive every man, so do t...