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Matthew 25:36

Matthew 25:36
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Naked, and ye clothed me,.... For in such a condition sometimes are the dear children of God, and members of Christ; see Co1 4:11, when others, who, Dorcas like, have made coats and garments for them,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Matthew 25:35-36

I was an hungered - The union between Christ and his people is the most tender and endearing of all connections. It is represented by the closest unions of which we have knowledge, Joh 15:4-6; Eph…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Matthew 25:35-36

There is a climax in this enumeration. The first three are recognised duties, the last three are voluntary acts of self-forgetting love. Common humanity would move a man to relieve his bitterest foe…