Luk 6:22-23 | JFB | STEP | 22. separate you —whether from their Church, by excommunication, or from their society; both hard to flesh and blood. for the Son of man's sake —Compare , "for MY SAKE "; and immediately before, "for righteousness' sake" ( ). Christ thus binds up the cause of righteousness in the world with the reception of Himself.

Luke 6:22-23

22. separate you—whether from their Church, by excommunication, or from their society; both hard to flesh and blood.

for the Son of man's sake—Compare Mt 5:11, "for MY SAKE"; and immediately before, "for righteousness' sake" (Lu 6:10). Christ thus binds up the cause of righteousness in the world with the reception of Himself.

23. leap for joy—a livelier word than "be exceeding glad" of "exult" (Mt 5:12).