Seek ye first the Kingdom of God

About our Father’s Business

Matthew 6:25–34 CSB

“Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they? Can any of you add one moment to his life span by worrying? And why do you worry about clothes? Observe how the wildflowers of the field grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these. If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t he do much more for you—you of little faith? So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6:25–34 CSB

Don’t worry

worry = anxious, care for

An American Dictionary of the English Language ANXIOUS

ANX´IOUS, a. ank´shus. Greatly concerned or solicitous, respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; applied to persons; as, to be anxious for the issue of a battle.

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Christian Standard Bible Chapter 6

33 But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

CROSS REFERENCE LUKE 12:31

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 12

31 “But seek his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 12

32 Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.

KINGDOM βασιλεία (basileia). n. fem. kingdom. Refers to the domain over which a king rules.

Basileia is theologically significant in the phrases βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ (basileia tōu theou, “kingdom of God”) and βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν (basileia tōn ouranōn, “kingdom of heaven”), both referring to the reality of God’s rule over all creation. The “kingdom of God” is the central theme of the gospel message (Mark 1:15). The kingdom of God is proclaimed (Luke 16:16); it “comes upon” people (Luke 11:20) and comes “near” (Luke 21:31); it involves not mere “talk,” but rather “power” (1 Cor 4:20). The kingdom of God can be given to people by God, but it can also be taken away by God (Matt 21:43). God’s sovereign kingdom is demonstrated as demons are cast out (Matt 12:28) and as the sick are healed (Luke 10:9). The kingdom belongs to those who have submitted to the rule of God, recognizing their spiritual poverty (Matt 5:3) and suffering persecution (Matt 5:10). The mystery of the kingdom is extensively discussed in Matt 13, where Jesus speaks of God’s rule as something that is good, expanding, treasured, and all encompassing.

An American Dictionary of the English Language ADD

ADD, v. t. [L. addo, from ad and do, to give.]

1. To set or put together, join, or unite, as, one thing or sum to another, in an aggregate; as, add three to four, the sum is seven.

2. To unite in idea or consideration; to subjoin.

To what has been alledged, let this argument be added.

3. To increase number.

Thou shalt add three cities more of refuge.

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Kingdom of God (Heaven)

Kingdom of God (Heaven). The sovereign rule of God, initiated by Christ’s earthly ministry and to be consummated when “the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ” (

GOD is and he may be known. These two affirmations form the foundation and inspiration of all true religion. The first is an affirmation of faith, the second of experience. Since the existence of God is not subject to scientific proof, it must be a postulate of faith; and since God transcends all his creation, he can be known only in his self-revelation.

The Christian religion is distinctive in that it claims that God can be known as a personal God only in his self-revelation in the Scriptures. The Bible is written not to prove that God is, but to reveal him in his activities. For that reason, the biblical revelation of God is, in its nature, progressive, reaching its fullness in Jesus Christ his Son.

In the light of his self-revelation in the Scriptures, there are several fundamental affirmations that can be made about God.

Lexham Theological Wordbook δικαιοσύνη

δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē). n. fem. justice, righteousness. The quality of being in accordance with God’s law.

The Greek noun δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē) refers both to moral righteousness and legal justice. Although δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē) most commonly implies living in accordance with God’s moral law, the focus of this section will be on its relationship to justice and justification. The noun dikaiosynē may refer to one’s ability to follow the law (

1 Ki 3:11–14

11 So God said to him, “Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to administer justice, 12 I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again. 13 In addition, I will give you what you did not ask for: both riches and honor, so that no king will be your equal during your entire life. 14 If you walk in my ways and keep my statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”

Ps 34:9–10

9 You who are his holy ones, fear the Lord, for those who fear him lack nothing. 10 Young lions lack food and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.

Ps 37:25

I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned or his children begging for bread.

Mt 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Mt 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

Mt 6:10

Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Mt 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

Mk 10:29–30

29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, 30 who will not receive a hundred times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come.

Lk 12:31

“But seek his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.

Lk 18:29–30

29 So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God, 30 who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come.”

Ro 8:32

He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything?

1 Ti 4:8

For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

1 Pe 3:9

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.