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.
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Gill's Exposition
That ye may be the children of your father,.... Not that any became the children of God, by doing things in imitation of him: for as in nature no man becomes the son of another by imitating him, or by…
Barnes' Notes
That ye may be the children of your Father - In Greek, the sons of your Father. The word “son” has a variety of significations. See the notes at Mat 1:1. Christians are called the “sons” or “children”…
We have here, lastly, an exposition of that great fundamental law of the second table, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, which was the fulfilling of the law.
I. See here how this law was corrupted by the…
Cambridge Bible
that ye may be the children of your Father See note on Mat 5:5. To act thus would be to act like God, Who blesses those who curse Him and are His enemies, by the gifts of sun and rain. This is divine.…
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