Matthew 6:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. ”

Matthew 6:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For if ye forgive men their trespasses - If ye forgive others when they offend or injure you. Your heavenly Father will also forgive you - This is constantly required in the Bible. See the no...
Matthew 6:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1319 A FORGIVING SPIRIT NECESSARY TO OUR ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD Matthew 6:14-15 . For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive no...
Matthew 6:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. But if ye forgive not - He who does not awake at the sound of so loud a voice, is not asleep but dead. A...
Matthew 6:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For if ye forgive, &c.— From what our Lord here says, we are not to imagine that the forgiving of injuries will entitle us to pardon: it only places us in a condition to receive it through fait...
Matthew 6:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. But if ye forgive not ... See the note at Matthew 6:12 . Having concluded His supplementary dir...
Matthew 6:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The condition implied in the Prayer itself is more distinctly asserted. It is, as we have seen, not an arbitrary condition, but the result of the eternal laws of the divine order. Repentance is the c...
Matthew 6:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Matthew 6:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 6:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. We must not suppose from those expressions at the close of the LORD'S prayer, as if the condition of our...
Matthew 6:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE GRAND DOXOLOGY ‘For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever, Amen.’ Matthew 6:13 As the Lord’s Prayer began by asking three things concerning God,—that His name, tha...
Matthew 6:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if you forgive not men their trespasses ,.... On the other hand, where men are not of a forgiving temper to their fellow creatures and fellow Christians, how can they expect forgiveness at the h...
Matthew 6:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Ver. 15. But if ye will not, &c. ] This is a matter much to be observed, therefore so often incul...
Matthew 6:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 14,15. Not that our mere forgiving our brethren the injuries done unto us is all that God requireth of us in order to the forgiveness we expect from him, the contrary is plain from several other...
Matthew 6:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 6:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 6:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A necessary warning: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses...
Matthew 6:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

Matthew 6:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 6:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 6:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 6:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 6:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 6:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 6:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 6:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 6:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 6:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 6:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary