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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 5:43-48

DISCOURSE: 1309LOVE TO ENEMIES ENJOINEDMatthew 5:43-48. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:1-48

Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of scripture. Matthew five,And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has sat down, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth, and he taught them, saying, ( Matthew 5:1-2 ).The first thing to notice is that this Sermon on the Mount is not for everybody. The Sermon on the Mount was not for the multitudes. Jesus is not here talking to the multitudes, he is talking to his disciples and unless a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 5:1-48

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon them, not for distinction of dress and rank, these being vain in the eyes of heaven: he looked for those whom the world overlook, he looked for his Father’s image in the crowd, the poor in spirit, the mourners, and the meek. Matthew 5:3 . Blessed are the poor in spirit. These characters are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 5:43

Matthew 5:43Love your enemies.Forgiveness of injuriesThe duty of forgiveness does not forbid resentment, but the excess or abuse of it.I. Such resentment in excess is wrong, for anger produces anger; revenge, malice, and that without limit: an aggravation of misery; and such resentment is a painful remedy to him who suffers from it, and, if not a remedy, it becomes an unmixed evil: the gratification of this passion is never innocent except when necessary.II. Love to our enemies is a duty; for... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 5:43

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. Ver. 43. Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy ] This latter they drew as an inference from the former, by the rule of contraries. But logic, being the rule of reason, which now is corrupt, is itself in some respects corrupt also. Sure we are, be it what logic it will, it is but carnal divinity. Suitable it is to our nature, but so much the more suspicious. The Pharisees taught it, and... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 5:43

Thou: Matthew 19:19, Matthew 22:39, Matthew 22:40, Leviticus 19:18, Mark 12:31-Nahum :, Luke 10:27-Joel :, Romans 13:8-2 Samuel :, Galatians 5:13, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8 and hate: Exodus 17:14-Nehemiah :, Deuteronomy 23:6, Deuteronomy 25:17, Psalms 41:10, Psalms 139:21, Psalms 139:22 Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:34 - General Deuteronomy 4:2 - General Job 31:30 - have Malachi 2:9 - but Matthew 5:21 - it Luke 6:27 - Love Luke 10:29 - And Luke 10:34 - went Galatians 6:10 - do good 1 John 2:7 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 5:43

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.Thou shalt love thy neighbour; And hate thy enemy — God spoke the former part; the scribes added the latter. Leviticus 19:18. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:43

(5.) Christian law of love. 43. Love… neighbour… hate… enemy The command, Love thy neighbour, (Leviticus 19:18,) was interpreted by the rabbles to include Israelites only. To hate the rest of mankind was, therefore, they held, religiously right. Our Lord, however, extends our neighbourhood over all mankind. As immortal beings, all are entitled to a solemn respect; as children of the same Father, they are the proper objects of our wishes for their wellbeing. That they are our enemies is a... read more