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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 6:33

Matthew 6:33Seek ye first the kingdom of God. The profitable pursuitI. What we are to seek.II. How we are to seek.1. First in time.2. First in attention.3. What are your desires?4. What are your exertions? These last two will reveal the object of your search.III. Why we are thus to seek these blessings.1. Though destitute, as we naturally are, of His kingdom and righteousness, if we seek them in the manner here required, we shall obtain them.2. Besides gaining this kingdom and righteousness,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:31

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? Ver. 31. Therefore take no careful thought, &c. ] From the afore named grounds, our Saviour here resumeth and enforceth the former exhortation. Sollicitudo est aegritudo cum cogitatione, saith the orator (Cic. Tusc. 4). Carefulness is a tormentful plodding upon businesses. It is, say divines, an act of fear and distrust, taking up not only the head, but chiefly the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:32

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Ver. 32. For after all these things do the Gentiles seek ] With whom if you should symbolize in sins, or not exceed in virtue, it were a shame to you. They studiously seek these things, they seek them with all their might; as being without God in the world, and therefore left by him to shift for themselves. a When we observe a young man toiling and moiling, running and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:33

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Ver. 33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness ] That as the end, this as the means; for grace is the way to glory, holiness to happiness. If men be not righteous there is no heaven to be had; as if they be, they shall have heaven and earth too: for godliness hath the promise of both lives; and godly men, in Scripture (Abraham, Job, David, others), were richer... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 6:31

What shall we eat: Matthew 4:4, Matthew 15:33, Leviticus 25:20-Song of Solomon :, 2 Chronicles 25:9, Psalms 37:3, Psalms 55:22, Psalms 78:18-Obadiah :, Luke 12:29, 1 Peter 5:7 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:5 - your clothes 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens Psalms 33:19 - to keep Matthew 6:25 - Take Matthew 6:28 - why Matthew 10:19 - take Mark 8:33 - savourest Luke 4:4 - That Luke 22:35 - lacked John 6:27 - the meat Acts 28:10 - laded 1 Corinthians 10:28 - for Philippians 4:11 - I have read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 6:32

after: Matthew 5:46, Matthew 5:47, Matthew 20:25, Matthew 20:26, Psalms 17:14, Luke 12:30, Ephesians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:5 for your: Matthew 6:8, Psalms 103:13, Luke 11:11-1 Chronicles :, Luke 12:30 Reciprocal: Exodus 16:4 - a certain rate every day Deuteronomy 29:5 - your clothes 1 Kings 19:6 - cake Psalms 34:10 - but Psalms 37:18 - knoweth Psalms 132:15 - I will satisfy Matthew 6:7 - the heathen Matthew 6:26 - your Matthew 10:20 - your Matthew 15:32 - and have Matthew 18:14 - your... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 6:33

seek: 1 Kings 3:11-1 Chronicles :, 1 Kings 17:13, 2 Chronicles 1:7-2 Kings :, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Proverbs 2:1-1 Samuel :, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Haggai 1:2-1 Kings :, Haggai 2:16-Psalms :, Luke 12:31, John 6:27 the kingdom: Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Matthew 13:44-1 Corinthians :, Acts 20:25, Acts 28:31, Romans 14:17, Colossians 1:13, Colossians 1:14, 2 Thessalonians 1:5, 2 Peter 1:11 his: Matthew 5:6, Isaiah 45:24, Jeremiah 23:6, Luke 1:6, Romans 1:17, Romans... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 6:31

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?Therefore take not thought — How kind are these precepts! The substance of which is only this, Do thyself no harm! Let us not be so ungrateful to him, nor so injurious to ourselves, as to harass and oppress our minds with that burden of anxiety, which he has so graciously taken off. Every verse speaks at once to the understanding, and to the heart. We will not therefore indulge... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 6:33

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.Seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness — Singly aim at this, that God, reigning in your heart, may fill it with the righteousness above described. And indeed whosoever seeks this first, will soon come to seek this only. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:19-34

III. CHRISTIAN PIETY DISTINGUISHED FROM GENTILISM, Matthew 6:19 to Matthew 7:27. Fallen Judaism is the impure service of the true God; Gentilism is the true service of a false god. That god is the world-god Mammon. Gentilism has lost its divine parent; it has become orphaned of our Father who is in heaven. In his place it has substituted the Mammon service and the earthly goods. After all these things do the Gentiles seek. Matthew 6:32. It is perfectly plain that with Matthew 6:18 our Lord... read more

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