 | Craig A. Evans - 2004 - 376 σελίδες
...borrow of thee turn not thou away." "Love your enemies and pray for them that persecute you ... for if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same? ... Ye therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect."... | |
 | William J. Danaher - 2004 - 348 σελίδες
...common good. All of these shades of self-love, Edwards emphasizes, are useful but not commendable. "'If Ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?'" (Y13:514-16; Matt. 5:46). Along with the positive and negative depictions... | |
 | James Fieser - 2005 - 454 σελίδες
...good, without making any selfish calculations as to the benefits to be derived from our actions: - "If ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others?... | |
 | Howard V. Otterholt - 2007 - 306 σελίδες
...fall short of loving them. However, if I were not to continue trying, I would be denying the Word. For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do the same (Matt. 5:46)? I have been asked by many prison inmates, and by many clients in therapy, "Why does my... | |
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For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the Gentiles the same ? Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father... 
