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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.

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