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Matthew 5:11 is the eleventh verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.It is the ninth verse of the Sermon on the Mount.Some commentators consider this verse to be the beginning of the last Beatitude, [who?] but others disagree, [who?] seeing it as more of an expansion on the eighth and final Beatitude in the previous verse.
"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
The Greek word makarios cannot adequately be rendered as "blessed" nor "happy", as it is rather 'a term of congratulation and recommendation', [3] that can also mean "satisfied" (as in Psalm 1:1). [4] The word purity is not believed to refer to one who was ritually cleansed, but rather to internal spiritual purity as noted by the "in heart ...
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Ambrose: When you have done thus much, attained both poverty and meekness, remember that you are a sinner, mourn your sins, as He proceeds, Blessed are they that mourn.. And it is suitable that the third blessing should be of those that mourn for sin, for it is the Trinity that forgives s
The statement "and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" is usually taken to mean that the Church will never become extinct. [ 6 ] [ 21 ] Some Protestant evangelical groups adhere to the interpretation that it is Peter's "confession" itself that is "the rock on which will be built the Church of Jesus", i.e., the church will be built ...
That peace only is blessed which is lodged in the heart, and does not consist only in words. And they who love peace, they are the sons of peace. [6] Hilary of Poitiers: The blessedness of the peacemakers is the reward of adoption, they shall be called the sons of God. For God is our common parent, and no other way can we pass into His family ...
A curious child, ever reviled. By everyone except her own father. With a quite bewitching face. Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless. Excellent fun til you get to know her. Then she runs like ...