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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:46

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment - No appeal, no remedy, to all eternity! No end to the punishment of those whose final impenitence manifests in them an eternal will and desire to sin. By dying in a settled opposition to God, they cast themselves into a necessity of continuing in an eternal aversion from him. But some are of opinion that this punishment shall have an end: this is as likely as that the glory of the righteous shall have an end: for the same word is used to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:31

Verse 31 Matthew 25:31.Now when the Son of man shall come in his glory. Christ follows out the same doctrine, and what he formerly described under parables, he now explains clearly and without figures. The sum of what is said is, that believers, in order to encourage themselves to a holy and upright conduct, ought to contemplate with the eyes of faith the heavenly life, which, though it is now concealed, will at length be manifested at the last coming of Christ. For, when he declares that, when... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:32

Verse 32 32.And all nations shall be assembled before him. He employs large and splendid titles for extolling his kingdom, that the disciples may learn to expect a different kind of happiness from what they had imagined. For they were satisfied with this single consideration, that their nation was delivered from the miseries with which it was then oppressed, so that it would be manifest that God had not in vain established his covenant with Abraham and his posterity. But Christ extends much... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:34

Verse 34 34.Come, you blessed of my Father. We must remember Christ’s design; for he bids his disciples rest satisfied now with hope, that they may with patience and tranquillity of mind look for the enjoyment of the heavenly kingdom; and next, he bids them strive earnestly, and not become wearied in the right course. To this latter clause he refers, when he promises the inheritance of the heavens to none but those who by good works aim at the prize of the heavenly calling. But before speaking... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:35

Verse 35 35.For I was hungry. If Christ were now speaking of the cause of our salvation, the Papists could not be blamed for inferring that we merit eternal life by good works; but as Christ had no other design than to exhort his people to holy and upright conduct, it is improper to conclude from his words what is the value of the merits of works. With regard to the stress which they lay on the word for, as if it pointed out the cause, it is a weak argument; for we know that, when eternal life... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:37

Verse 37 37.Then wilt the righteous answer him. Christ represents the righteous as doubting—what they know well—his willingness to form a just estimate of what is done to men. (174) But as this was not so deeply impressed on their minds as it ought to have been, he holds out to them this lively representation. (175) For how comes it that we are so slow and reluctant to acts of beneficence, but because that promise is not truly engraven on our hearts, that God will one day repay with usury what... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:40

Verse 40 40.Verily I tell you. As Christ has just now told us, by a figure, that our senses do not yet comprehend how highly he values deeds of charity, so now he openly declares, that he will reckon as done to himself whatever we have bestowed on his people. We must be prodigiously sluggish, if compassion be not drawn from our bowels by this statement, that Christ is either neglected or honored in the person of those who need our assistance. So then, whenever we are reluctant to assist the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:41

Verse 41 41.Depart from me, you cursed. He now comes to the reprobate, who are so intoxicated by their fading prosperity, that they imagine they will always be happy. He threatens, therefore, that he will come as their Judge, and that he will make them forget those luxurious enjoyments to which they are now so entirely devoted; not that the coming of Christ will strike them with terror—for they think that they have made a covenant with death, (Isaiah 28:15,) and harden themselves in wicked... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:44

Verse 44 44.Then shall they also answer him. The same kind of striking delineation which Christ had formerly employed is now repeated, in order to inform the reprobate, that their vain excuses, by which they now deceive themselves, will be of no avail to them at the last day. For whence comes the great cruelty of their pride towards the poor, but because they think that they will not be punished for despising them? To destroy this self-complacency, our Lord gives them warning, that they will... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 25:31

When ( ὁ ì ταν δε Ì , but when ) . The particle, unnoticed in the Authorized Version, indicates the distinction between this section and the preceding parables, the latter exemplifying the judgment specially on Christians, this setting forth the judgment on the whole world. Son of man. With his glorified body, such as he was seen at his Transfiguration ( Acts 1:11 ). In his glory. The term occurs twice in this verse, as elsewhere ( Matthew 16:27 ; Matthew 19:28 ; ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:46

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:35

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:37

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:40

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:41

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:44

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 25:31

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