Matthew 5:46 — text, Greek, lexicon

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Si vous aimez ceux qui vous aiment, quelle récompense méritez-vous? Les publicains aussi n'agissent-ils pas de même?

KJV

‹For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?›

Methodius
De Lepra Ad Sistelium
Mark. 4, 19 — 3 Mt. 22, 36. 19, 20 — 4 I Tim. 6, 9; vgl. II Klem. 4, 3 — 5 Mt. 5, 44. Luk. 6, 27 — 6 Mt. 5, 46. Luk. 6, 32 — 8 Mt. 5, 42 — vgl. Jak. 2, 15 — 10 vgl. Symp. S. 130, 5f — 14 Mt. 5, 36. 6, 27 — 15 Mt. 6, 26 — 18 Mt. 6, 30. 32 — 19 vgl. Pred. Sal. 1, 16. Kön. 3, 13. 4…
Theodorus_PG 86a
Fragmenta in Matthaeum
ους θελοντας υιοθεσιας αξιωθηναι δει κατα το δυνατον μιμεισθαι θεον εν τωι αδιακριτως ευεργετειν. 44 Mt 5, 46 Ου βουλεται ο θεος ανταποδιδοναι τινι των εις ημας αμαρτανομενων υπ' αυτου, αλλα αγαπαν μαλλον και κηδεσθαι παντοιως, οτι εβλαβησαν μισουντες ημων ωφεληθεντων. 45 Mt 6, 1…
Thomas Aquinas
On Nature and Grace
s: 1. It seems that it is more meritorious to love an enemy than to love a friend. For it is said in Matt. 5:46 : “if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye?” Thus love to a friend does not merit a reward. But love to an enemy does merit a reward, as the same passage sh…

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