Luke 6:32
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Luke 6:32 in other translations
| BSB | If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. |
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| WEB | “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. |
| ASV | And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them. |
| YLT | and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them; |
| DARBY | And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them. |
| BBE | If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them. |
| Webster | For if ye love them who love you, what thanks have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. |
What does Luke 6:32 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 6:27-36
27-36. (See on Mt 5:44-48; Mt 7:12; and Mt 14:12-14.)
Barnes' Notes
(p) "love ye your enemies" Lk 6:37 (q) "lend" Ps 37:26, 112:5 (r) "ye shall be the children" Mt 5:45
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 6:27-36
These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his blood, and knows the greatness of the mercy and the love there is in him, can say, in truth and sincerity, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? Let us then aim to be merciful, even according to the mercy of our heavenly…
Luke 6:32 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 6:32
- Matthew 5:46-47
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
- 1 Peter 2:19-20
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
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Context
- Luke 6:31
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
- Luke 6:32
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
- Luke 6:33
And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
Luke 6:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque si amáis á los que os aman, ¿qué gracias tendréis? porque también los pecadores aman á los que los aman. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si vous aimez ceux qui vous aiment, quel gré vous en saura-t-on? car les pécheurs aussi aiment ceux qui les aiment. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn ihr liebet, die euch lieben, was für Dank ist es euch? denn auch die Sünder lieben, die sie lieben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et si diligitis eos qui vos diligunt, quæ vobis est gratia? nam et peccatores diligentes se diligunt. |