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Selected Verse: Matthew 6:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 6:14 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1063] if [1437] ye forgive [863] men [444] their [846] trespasses [3900], your [5216] heavenly [3770] Father [3962] will also [2532] forgive [863] you [5213]: |
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King James |
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| For if ye forgive men, &c.--See on Mat 6:12. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 notes at Mat 6:12. Our Saviour says we should forgive even if the offence be committed seventy times seven times, Mat 18:22. By this is meant, that when a man asks forgiveness, we are cordially and forever to pardon the offence; we are to declare our willingness to forgive him. If he does not ask forgiveness, yet we are still to treat him kindly; not to harbor malice, not to speak ill of him, to be ready to do him good, and be always prepared to declare him forgiven when he asks it, and if we are not ready and willing to forgive him; we are assured that God will not forgive us. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Trespasses (παραπτώματα)
The Lord here uses another word for sins, and still another (ἁμαρτιας) appears in Luke's version of the prayer, though he also says, "every one that is indebted to us." There is no difficulty in supposing that Christ, contemplating sins in general, should represent them by different terms expressive of different aspects of wrong-doing (see on Mat 1:21). This word is derived from παραπίπτω, to fall or throw one's self beside. Thus it has a sense somewhat akin to ἁμαρτία, of going beside a mark, missing. In classical Greek the verb is often used of intentional falling, as of throwing one's self upon an enemy; and this is the prevailing sense in biblical Greek, indicating reckless and wilful sin (see Ch1 5:25; Ch1 10:13; Ch2 26:18; Ch2 29:6, Ch2 29:19; Eze 14:13; Eze 18:26). It does not, therefore, imply palliation or excuse. It is a conscious violation of right, involving guilt, and occurs therefore, in connection with the mention of forgiveness (Rom 4:25; Rom 5:16; Col 2:13; Eph 2:1, Eph 2:5). Unlike παράβασις (transgression), which contemplates merely the objective violation of law, it carries the thought of sin as affecting the sinner, and hence is found associated with expressions which indicate the consequences and the remedy of sin (Rom 4:25; Rom 5:15, Rom 5:17; Eph 2:1). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mar 11:25. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| If ye forgive men - He who shows mercy to men receives mercy from God. For a king to forgive his subjects a hundred millions of treasons against his person and authority, on this one condition, that they wilt henceforth live peaceably with him and with each other, is what we shall never see; and yet this is but the shadow of that which Christ promises on his Father's part to all true penitents. A man can have little regard for his salvation, who refuses to have it on such advantageous terms. See Quesnel. |
12 And [2532] forgive [863] us [2254] our [2257] debts [3783], as [2532] [5613] we [2249] forgive [863] our [2257] debtors [3781].
22 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto him [846], I say [3004] not [3756] unto thee [4671], Until [2193] seven times [2034]: but [235], Until [2193] seventy times [1441] seven [2033].
12 And [2532] forgive [863] us [2254] our [2257] debts [3783], as [2532] [5613] we [2249] forgive [863] our [2257] debtors [3781].
1 And [2532] you [5209] hath he quickened, who were [5607] dead [3498] in trespasses [3900] and [2532] sins [266];
17 For [1063] if [1487] by one man's [1520] offence [3900] death [2288] reigned [936] by [1223] one [1520]; much [4183] more [3123] they which receive [2983] abundance [4050] of grace [5485] and [2532] of the gift [1431] of righteousness [1343] shall reign [936] in [1722] life [2222] by [1223] one [1520], Jesus [2424] Christ [5547].)
15 But [235] not [3756] as [5613] the offence [3900], so [3779] also [2532] is the free gift [5486]. For [1063] if [1487] through the offence [3900] of one [1520] many [4183] be dead [599], much [4183] more [3123] the grace [5485] of God [2316], and [2532] the gift [1431] by [1722] grace [5485], which is [3588] by one [1520] man [444], Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], hath abounded [4052] unto [1519] many [4183].
25 Who [3739] was delivered [3860] for [1223] our [2257] offences [3900], and [2532] was raised again [1453] for [1223] our [2257] justification [1347].
5 Even [2532] when we [2248] were [5607] dead [3498] in sins [3900], hath quickened us together with [4806] Christ [5547], (by grace [5485] ye are [2075] saved [4982]
1 And [2532] you [5209] hath he quickened, who were [5607] dead [3498] in trespasses [3900] and [2532] sins [266];
13 And [2532] you [5209], being [5607] dead [3498] in [1722] your sins [3900] and [2532] the uncircumcision [203] of your [5216] flesh [4561], hath he quickened together [4806] with [4862] him [846], having forgiven [5483] you [5213] all [3956] trespasses [3900];
16 And [2532] not [3756] as [5613] it was by [1223] one [1520] that sinned [264], so is the gift [1434]: for [1063] [3303] the judgment [2917] was by [1537] one [1520] to [1519] condemnation [2631], but [1161] the free gift [5486] is of [1537] many [4183] offences [3900] unto [1519] justification [1345].
25 Who [3739] was delivered [3860] for [1223] our [2257] offences [3900], and [2532] was raised again [1453] for [1223] our [2257] justification [1347].
26 When a righteous [06662] man turneth away [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], and dieth [04191] in them; for his iniquity [05766] that he hath done [06213] shall he die [04191].
13 Son [01121] of man [0120], when the land [0776] sinneth [02398] against me by trespassing [04603] grievously [04604], then will I stretch out [05186] mine hand [03027] upon it, and will break [07665] the staff [04294] of the bread [03899] thereof, and will send [07971] famine [07458] upon it, and will cut off [03772] man [0120] and beast [0929] from it:
19 Moreover all the vessels [03627], which king [04428] Ahaz [0271] in his reign [04438] did cast away [02186] in his transgression [04604], have we prepared [03559] and sanctified [06942], and, behold, they are before [06440] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068].
6 For our fathers [01] have trespassed [04603], and done [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430], and have forsaken [05800] him, and have turned away [05437] their faces [06440] from the habitation [04908] of the LORD [03068], and turned [05414] their backs [06203].
18 And they withstood [05975] Uzziah [05818] the king [04428], and said [0559] unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah [05818], to burn incense [06999] unto the LORD [03068], but to the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], that are consecrated [06942] to burn incense [06999]: go out [03318] of the sanctuary [04720]; for thou hast trespassed [04603]; neither shall it be for thine honour [03519] from the LORD [03068] God [0430].
13 So Saul [07586] died [04191] for his transgression [04604] which he committed [04603] against the LORD [03068], even against the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he kept [08104] not, and also for asking [07592] counsel of one that had a familiar spirit [0178], to enquire [01875] of it;
25 And they transgressed [04603] against the God [0430] of their fathers [01], and went a whoring [02181] after [0310] the gods [0430] of the people [05971] of the land [0776], whom God [0430] destroyed [08045] before [06440] them.
21 And [1161] she shall bring forth [5088] a son [5207], and [2532] thou shalt call [2564] his [846] name [3686] JESUS [2424]: for [1063] he [846] shall save [4982] his [846] people [2992] from [575] their [846] sins [266].
25 And [2532] when [3752] ye stand [4739] praying [4336], forgive [863], if [1536] ye have [2192] ought [1536] against [2596] any [5100]: that [2443] your [5216] Father [3962] also [2532] which [3588] is in [1722] heaven [3772] may forgive [863] you [5213] your [5216] trespasses [3900].