Matthew
10:13
And if the house be worthy, let
your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
a. NLT: If it
turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back
the blessing.
b. NIV: If the
home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace
return to you.
c. YLT: and if
indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not
worthy, let your peace turn back to you.
d. Amplified: Then if indeed that
house is deserving, let come upon it your peace [that is, freedom from all the
distresses that are experienced as the result of sin]. But if it is not
deserving, let your peace return to you.
e. Worrell Translation: and, if,
indeed, the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not
worthy, let your peace return to you.
1. “And if the house be worthy,
let your peace come upon it…”
a. and [2532 * kai] [Strong: apparently,
a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force;
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition)
with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or,
so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.]
b. if [1437 * ean] [Strong: from 1487
and 302; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in
connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or
uncertainty:--before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever,
though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever).]
c. house [3614 * oikia] [Strong: from
3624; properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode
(literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially
domestics):--home, house(-hold).]
d. be [5600 * o] [Strong: ncluding
the oblique forms, as well as es ace; e ay; etc. the subjunctive of
1510; (may, might, can, could, would, should, must, etc.; also with 1487 and
its comparative, as well as with other particles) be:--+ appear, are, (may,
might, should) be, X have, is, + pass the flower of her age, should stand,
were.]
e. worthy [514 * axios][Strong:
deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise):--due reward, meet,
(un-)worthy.][Thayer: weighing, having weight, having the weight of another
thing of like value, worth as much, befitting, congruous, corresponding to a
thing, of one who has merited anything worthy, both in a good and a bad sense.]
1).Other than the definitions
themselves there is a passage within this chapter that gives two
characteristics of those who are not “worthy”. One is loving family members
more than God and the other is refusing to take up the cross of discipleship.
a). Matthew 10:37, 38 He that loveth
father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or
daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
10:38 And he that taketh not his
cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
2). There are other uses of this
particular Greek word that have a bearing on the text. In its use it refers to
our lifestyles our “fruits”. Our lives must back up our professions. If we
profess to be Christians we must live like it.
a). Luke 3:8 Bring forth therefore
fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We
have Abraham to our father:
for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham.
3). We must not reject the gospel.
a). Acts13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas
waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have
been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves
unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
4). Pursue a lifestyle to grow in
faith.
a). 2 Thessalonians 1:3-5 We are bound
to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your
faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each
other aboundeth;
1:4 So that we ourselves glory in you
in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and
tribulations that ye endure:
1:5 Which is a manifest token of the
righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God,
for which ye also suffer.
f. let your [5216 * humon] [Strong: genitive
case of 5210; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves).]
g. peace [1515 * eirene] [Strong: probably
from a primary verb eiro (to join); peace (literally or figuratively); by
implication, prosperity:--one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.]
h. come [2064 * erchomai] [Strong: middle
voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the
others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) eleuthomai el-yoo'-thom-ahee,
or (active) eltho el'-tho, which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a
great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):--accompany, appear,
bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.]
i. upon [1909 * epi] [Strong: a
primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order,
etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon,
etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the
accusative case) towards, upon, etc.:--about (the times), above, after,
against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-,
(where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of,
(up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out),
(un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at,
upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).]
j. it [846 * autos] [Strong: from the
particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling
wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative
1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other
persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same,
((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves),
there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this
(man), those, together, very, which.]
2. “…but if it be not worthy, let
your peace return to you.”
a. but [1161 * de] [Strong: a primary
particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but,
moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).]
b. if…not [3362 * ean] [Strong: 1437
and 3361; if not, i.e. unless:--X before, but, except, if, no, (if, +
whosoever) not.]
c. it be [5600 * o] [Strong: ncluding
the oblique forms, as well as es ace; e ay; etc. the subjunctive of
1510; (may, might, can, could, would, should, must, etc.; also with 1487 and
its comparative, as well as with other particles) be:--+ appear, are, (may,
might, should) be, X have, is, + pass the flower of her age, should stand,
were.]
d. worthy [514 * axios][Strong:
deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise):--due reward, meet,
(un-)worthy.][Thayer: weighing, having weight, having the weight of another
thing of like value, worth as much, befitting, congruous, corresponding to a
thing, of one who has merited anything worthy, both in a good and a bad sense.]
e. let your [5216 * humon] [Strong: genitive
case of 5210; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves).]
f. peace [1515 * eirene] [Strong: probably
from a primary verb eiro (to join); peace (literally or figuratively); by
implication, prosperity:--one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.]
g. return [1994 * epistrepho] [Strong:
from 1909 and 4762; to revert (literally, figuratively or morally):--come
(go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about, again).]
h. to [4314 * pros] [Strong: a
strengthened form of 4253; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward
(with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case,
by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place,
time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e.
whither or for which it is predicated):--about, according to , against, among,
at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent,
nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you)
-ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes essentially the
same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.]
i. you [5209 * humas] [Strong: accusative
case of 5210; you (as the objective of a verb or preposition):--ye, you (+
-ward), your (+ own).]
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