Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
What does Matthew 6:25 mean?
, 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world.
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Keep this verse inside Matthew 6:24-26 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Matthew 6:25
Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought ... - The general design of this paragraph, which closes the chapter, is to warn his disciples against avarice, and, at the same time, against anxiety about the supply of their needs. This he does by four arguments or considerations, expressing by unequalled beauty and force the duty of depending for the things which we need on the providence of God. The "first" is stated in Matthew 6:25 ; "Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life,.
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Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life,.
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Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life,.
Context in Matthew 6
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Matthew 6 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as birth and preparation. Matthew presents Jesus as Davidic Messiah, new Moses, teacher of the kingdom, suffering Son of Man, and risen Lord who commissions the nations. Read this chapter with the wider themes of fulfillment, kingdom of heaven, and discipleship in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.