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NASB | Matthew 6:24 ¶ "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 6:24 ¶ "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord]. |
Bible Question (short): Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 |
Question (full): Hi Tim! Thanks for your reply. I was hoping no one wd mis-mean what I meant when i wrote lvoe the good and the evil! I was trying to not take too much time and space! I meant Love the good poeple and the evil people! Matthew 5 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour AND hate thine enemy. 44 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; 45 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. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. So Tim, do u not mean: 1) Mt. 5:43-48: We are told to love our enemies and SO LOVE OUR PERSECUTORS WHO ARE OUR ENEMIES, AND SO pray IN LOVE for those who persecute us. But, we are never told to love THE evil or THE injustice OF THE SIN OF HATING OUR ENEMIES? This passage simply deals with our attitude OF LOVE toward ALL others. We should LOVE ALL MEN, FRIEND AND FOE, AND SO pray IN LOVE for the best for all men, friend or foe? 2) Mt. 6:24: I'm not sure what you mean by 'should it say', but we do know what it does say LITERALLY. No one can serve two masters. 3) Mt. 22:21: The term 'master' is not used in this verse LITERALLY. BUT WAS NOT CAESAR THE CIVIL KING, AND GOD THE SPIRITUAL KING? What about a wife who serves two masters, her God and her husband? Surely a woman is supposed to lvoe her husband as she loves God and love God, and so obey him, her husband, in all things? ephesians 5:22-24 Or an employee who works for his/her physical boss/master and for God her/his spiritual master/boss? 1 timothy 6:1-2 and Titus 2:9-10 and Ephes 6:5-8. And does nor render come from rendre the french for to serve? See what i mean? I'm not sure exactly where you are going with this, but it appears that you are trying to argue that Mt. 6:24 says the opposite of what it actually says LITERALLY. So Tim, wd u please tell me which master I am supposed to hate or despise? And so if u cannot tell me who to hate or despise, which i don't think u will because u already correctly said we are to love friend and foe alike, is not Jesus omitting literally, but saying IN SPIRIT of Love, from No man can serve two masters the words No man in love of one master while hating the other master can properly serve ONE MUCH LESS two masters, just like He omitted the words IN LOVE from The truth shall set u free from John 8:32, but included them in Ephesians 4:15 and 16, to see if we were remembering what he was saying in matthew 5:43-48 and wd say in matthew 22:36-40, that we are to love one friendly master AND love the other master who was a foe, to use your terms? Does not the letter kill the other meanings, but the spirit make alive all the other meanings in the words in the whole Bible? 2 corinthians 3:6 See waht i mean? What do u still think? smile Looking fwd to your reply. L and R, giam |