For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. |
“But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. |
And if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. |
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them. |
If you [merely] love those who love you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the [very] sinners love their lovers (those who love them). |
And assuming that you are loving those who are loving you, what sort of a recompense is yours? for even sinners considered as a class of individuals, also are in the habit of loving those who are loving them. |
If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that much. |
Now if you practice loving only those who love you, what credit do you get for that? Why, even notorious sinners practice loving those who love them. |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.