Matthew 6:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. ”

Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

knoweth. Greek. oida. Very significant in this connection.
Matthew 6:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. For your Father knoweth This single remedy is sufficient for removing and destroying the superstition which is here condemned. For whence comes this folly of thinking that great advantage...
Matthew 6:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1312 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING PRAYER Matthew 6:5-8 . And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners o...
Matthew 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of - Prayer is not designed to inform God, but...
Matthew 6:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Be not ye therefore like unto them— This argument would be forcible against all prayer in general, if prayer were considered only as a means of making our wants known to God; whereas it is no more...
Matthew 6:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have nee...
Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Your Father knoweth. — This truth is rightly made the ground of prayer in one of the noblest collects of the Prayer Book of the English Church — “Almighty God, the Fountain of all wisdom, who knowe...
Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 pr...
Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Here the LORD speaks of prayer, and which is yet more express in reference to the LORD. Se...
Matthew 6:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be not ye therefore like unto them ,..... Do not be imitators of them, and follow their ways, who have only the dim light of nature to guide them; it would be shameful in you to do as they do, when...
Matthew 6:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Ver. 8. Be not ye therefore like unto them ] God would not have his Israel conform to t...
Matthew 6:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When ye pray, use not vain repetitions A multiplicity of words without meaning, or uttered without seriousness, reverence for God, sincerity, or faith. The original word, βαττολογησητε, is derived...
Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the...
Matthew 6:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 7,8. It appeareth from hence, and from what followeth also, that the praying here spoken of is vocal prayer; not the mere homage which the heart payeth to God, by a recognition of him as the fou...
Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:5-9 I. "When thou prayest," the Lord says, "thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be...
Matthew 6:8 - 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. Our blessed Lord does not tell his disciples to giv...
Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

But when ye pray. Prayer forbidden I. Let us endeavour to explain the nature of the evils here forbidden. 1. Vain repetitions. 2. Much speaking. 3. Undue length. II. The reason on w...
Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning against such absurd practices: Be not ye therefore like unto them; for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask Him. The Christians should differ from the heathen by a...
Matthew 6:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 16:23-27 ; Luke 12:30 ; Matthew 6:32 ; Philippians 4:6 ; Psalms 38:9 ; Psalms 69:17-19
Matthew 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of — We do not pray to inform God of our wants. Omniscient as he is, he cannot be informed of any thing which he knew not before: and he is always willi...

Matthew 6:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 6:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 6:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 6:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 6:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 6:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 6:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 6:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 6:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 6:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 6:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 6:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 6:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes