Luke Chapter 16, Verse 11
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11: ει ουν εν τω αδικω μαμωνα πιστοι ουκ εγενεσθε το αληθινον τις υμιν πιστευσει
11: If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous
mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
11: If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will
trust you with that which is the true?
Who will commit, &c. If you are not faithful in the small matters
pertaining to this world, if you do not use aright your property and
influence, you cannot expect that God will commit to you the true riches
of his grace. Men who are dishonest and worldly, and who do not employ
the deceitful mammon as they ought, cannot expect to grow in grace. God
does not confer grace upon them, and their being unfaithful in earthly
matters is evidence that they would be also in much greater affairs,
and would likewise misimprove the true riches.
True riches. The graces of the gospel; the influences of the Spirit; eternal life, or religion. The riches of this world are false, deceitful, not to be trusted (Lk 16:9); the treasures of heaven are true, faithful, never-failing, Mt 6:19, Mt 6:20.
- {4} "mammon" = "riches"
