DiscipleDeck
Get started
Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:31

Matthew 6:31

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

has the difficult phrase, "Neither be ye of doubtful mind." Therefore take no thought ( μὴ οὖν μεριμνήσητε). The shade of difference here and from cannot be expressed in an English translation.

In a state of anxiety, here and : one anxious thought, is forbidden.

The Daily Devotional

One devotional. Every morning.

The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.

We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.

Continue tomorrow

Turn Bible study into a daily habit

Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.

Read today's devotionalSave my progress

Recommended reading

More for Matthew 6:31

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Matthew 6 — OverviewMatthew 6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleChrist having, in the former chapter, armed his disciples against the corrupt doctrines and opinions of the scribes and Pharisees, especially in their expositions of the law (that was called their leaven, ch. xvi.…Matthew 6 — OverviewMatthew 6 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeMatthew 6:1, Christ continues his sermon on the mount, exhorting not to be careful for worldly things, Matthew 6:33. but to seek God’s kingdom.Matthew 6:1-34Matthew 6:1-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONMatthew 6:19-34Matthew 6:19-34 · The Pulpit Commentary(1) The principle of regarding God alone in our religious actions is also to be maintained in the relation that we hold to wealth in the broadest sense. Matthew 6:19-21: seek true wealth, because earthly wealth, though…Matthew 6:19-34Matthew 6:19-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe fourth part of the sermon: self-consecration. I. THE WHOLE MAN MUST BE GIVEN TO GOD. 1. The heart. God asks for it. "Give me thy heart," he says to each of us. The heart will be where the treasure is. Where is our…Matthew 6:19-34Matthew 6:19-34 · The Pulpit CommentarySermon on the mount: 5. Thought for the morrow. There has been set before us a righteousness, perfect in its outward expression and in its root, and if now we ask—How are we to attain this? we are told—By loving it.…
commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.sermonDiscourse 9Sermon 29 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 9 “‘No man can serve two masters; For either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he...John WesleycommentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.devotionThe Lily's SecretA lily doesn't work hard at being beautiful. It just is what it is, rooted where it's rooted. Jesus said consider it. In a world of spiritual performance, being simply rooted is the most radical thing you can do.DiscipledeckdevotionThe Two ChairsMoney makes a wonderful servant, but a terrible master. You cannot serve two gods. Fire Mammon. Hire Jesus.DiscipleDeckdevotionThe IcebergIf your public life is bigger than your private life, you are going to crash. Build the part of the iceberg nobody sees.DiscipleDecksermonThe Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing NeedfulThe Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful Luke 10:42 — “But one thing is needful.” It was the amiable character of our blessed Redeemer, that “he...George Whitefield