Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Matthew 25:35

Matthew 25:35. For. The evidence that they are the ‘blessed of my Father;' since the proceedings are judicial. The real ground lies deeper than the good deeds themselves (see Matthew 25:40). Those addressed had been prepared for the kingdom prepared for them. Such works are the fruit of Divine grace (Matthew 25:34); charity is the daughter of faith, and faith is wrought by the Holy Spirit. That ‘the verdict turns upon works, and not upon faith,' is no proof that believers are not included; judgment must in all cases be according to works, which in Christians are distinguished, but not divided, from faith.

Hungered, etc. Heubner: ‘The acts of love here named are not such as require merely an outlay of money, but such as involve also the sacrifice of time, strength, rest, comfort,' etc.

Stranger. A foreigner or traveller. In the East such an one was dependent upon private hospitality.

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Matthew 25:35

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