angels
( See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4).
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones. ... - That is, one who has become like a little child, or a Christian. For I say unto...
(4) Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father wh...
A Conversation with the Twelve. For Matthew 18:1-5 , the question of precedence, cf. Mark 9:33-37 *, also Matthew 20:26 f., Mark 10:43 f.,...
not Greek. me App-105. their angels. Their servants ( Hebrews 1:14 ), The tradition of so-called "guardian" angels has no foundation in this....
10. Beware of despising one of these little ones As pride is the mother of disdain, and as contempt hardens men in giving offense, our Lor...
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which...
Take heed that ye despise not, &c.— Because pride, or a high opinion of one's self, with the contempt of others, is often the parent of offence...
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father wh...
Offending the Little Ones. The Unmerciful Servant 1-14. Ambition reproved, and humility taught by the example of a little child ( Mark 9:33-37 ;...
Their angels ] Though the general ministry of angels to those who are heirs of salvation is generally assumed in the NT. ( Hebrews 1:14 , etc.), onl...
Take heed that ye despise not. — The words remind us of what we are apt to forget in the wider range of the preceding verses. The child was still t...
Saving the Straying Matthew 18:10-20 How tenderly the Master speaks of the children! We must turn back to become like them, Matthew 18:3 . To...
What a sad state of heart prompted this question! How absolutely opposed to the whole genius of the Master's teaching and example! He replied by an a...
"Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (8) Wherefore if th...
SOURCES OF CONTEMPT ‘Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the...
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones ,.... That is, one of those little ones that believed in Christ; for he is not speaking of in...
See that ye despise not one of these little ones As if they were beneath your notice. Be careful to receive , and not to offend , the very weakes...
Though the Lord Jesus has been seen to forego His own rights, He who is by right infinitely great, the disciples show the opposite attitude in desiri...
Cautions against Offences. 7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must...
Our Saviour having before declared how dear believing souls are unto him, though their quality or parts be not like others, here he gives the world a...
A Powerful Warning Against Being A Cause Of Stumbling To Young Believers (18:5-10). Jesus now moves on from a consideration of the need for His di...
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 18:5 . One such little child .—Whether literally or only morally a little child. Our Saviour had reference, we doubt not,...
Matthew 18:10 I. What is meant to be impressed upon us by the text is that in our carelessness about sin and God's service we stand, as it were, a...
Matthew 18:10-14 Think of His words, and you will see, first, that Jesus isolates each of us, setting us one by one apart: "despise not one; " He...
Matthew 18:1 . At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? The question we have sometim...
Matthew 18:1 . Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? The comparative μειζων greater, is put here for the superlative. By the kingdom of...
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones. Contempt Look at the sources of contempt; and what are its correctives. I. The sourc...
EXPOSITION Matthew 18:1-40 Discourse concerning the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and the mutual duties of Christians . ( Mark 9:33...
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father which...
Warning against arrogance:
1 Corinthians 11:22 ; 1 Corinthians 16:11 ; 1 Corinthians 8:8-13 ; 1 Corinthians 9:22 ; 1 Kings 22:19 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:8 ; 1 Timothy 4:12 ;...
See that ye despise not one of these little ones — As if they were beneath your notice. Be careful to receive and not to offend, the very weakest b...
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.