Luke 6:32

32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

Luke 6:32 in Other Translations

KJV
32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
ESV
32 "If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
NLT
32 “If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!
MSG
32 If you only love the lovable, do you expect a pat on the back? Run-of-the-mill sinners do that.
CSB
32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

Luke 6:32 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:32

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye?
&c.] Or, "what grace have ye?" this is no fruit, nor evidence of grace, nor any exercise of the true grace of love; nor is it any favour conferred upon the object loved, which deserves the respect shown, nor can any reward be expected for such treatment: and thus it is expressed in Matthew, "what reward have ye?" and the Arabic version renders it so here:

for sinners also love those who love them:
men that are destitute of the grace of God, profligate sinners, even the worst of them, such as publicans, do this; (See Gill on Matthew 5:46).

Luke 6:32 In-Context

30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.
31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

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