Sermon Tone Analysis

Opheilema

Opheilema

ὀφείλημα, ατος, τό (ὀφείλω, cp.

ὀφειλή; Thu.

et al.; ins, pap, LXX).

① that which is owed in a financial sense, debt, one’s due (Pla., Leg. 4, 717b; Aristot., EN 8, 15, 1162b, 28; 9, 2, 1165a, 3; SIG 1108, 10 [III/II B.C.]; PHib 42, 10 [262 B.C.]; PLond III, 1203, 4 p. 10 [113 B.C.]; POxy 494, 10 ὀφειλήματα; Dt 24:10; I Esdr 3:20; 1 Macc 15:8) of wages for work done οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν ἀλλὰ κατὰ ὀφείλημα it is considered not as a favor, but as a person’s due Ro 4:4 (on the contrast χάρις–ὀφείλημα cp.

Thu. 2, 40, 4 οὐκ ἐς χάριν, ἀλλʼ ἐς ὀφείλημα=‘not as a favor but as payment of an obligation’.

The ref. here is to reciprocity in general).

② obligation in a moral sense, debt=sin (as Aram.

חוֹבָא in rabb.

lit.; s.

MBlack, Aramaic Approach3, ’67, 140) ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφ.

ἡμῶν forgive us our debts (=sins) Mt 6:12 (the parallel Lk 11:4 has τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν).

Betz, SM 400–404.—DELG

s.v.

ὀφείλω.

M-M.

TW.

ὀφείλημα, ατος, τό (ὀφείλω, cp.

ὀφειλή; Thu.

et al.; ins, pap, LXX).

① that which is owed in a financial sense, debt, one’s due

of wages for work done it is considered not as a favor, but as a person’s due not as a favor but as payment of an obligation’.

The ref. here is to reciprocity in general.

② obligation in a moral sense, debt=sin forgive us our debts (=sins)

William Arndt, Frederick W. Danker, et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 743.

The first three petitions stand independently from one another.

The last three, however, are linked in Greek by “ands,” almost as if to say that life sustained by food is not enough.

We also need forgiveness of sin and deliverance from temptation.

The first three petitions stand independently from one another.

The last three, however, are linked in Greek by “ands,” almost as if to say that life sustained by food is not enough.

We also need forgiveness of sin and deliverance from temptation.

D. A. Carson, “Matthew,” in Matthew & Mark, vol. 9 of The Expositor’s Bible Commentary Revised Edition, ed.

Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland; Accordance electronic ed.

(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010), 206.

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One does not gain forgiveness by forgiving.

But a person evidences his or her own forgiveness by forgiving others.

Since this is family forgiveness, our sense of forgiveness is denied us when we deny forgiveness to others.

Aphiemi

To dismiss or release someone from a place or one s presence

ἀφίημι

① to dismiss or release someone or someth.

from a place or one’s presence

① to dismiss or release someone or someth.

from a place or one’s presence

To release from legal or moral obligation or consequence, cancel, remit, pardon

to dismiss or release someone or someth.

from a place or one’s presence

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors (6:12).

Sin creates an obligation or “debt” to God that humans [Vol. 1, p. 46] cannot possibly repay.

The evidence that a person has truly been forgiven of his or her debt of sin is the willingness to forgive others (cf.

18:21-35), a sentiment found commonly in Judaism: “Forgive your neighbor the wrong he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray” ().

12. Forgive (see on 12:31) recognizes that sinning puts people in the wrong with God and that only he can cancel out the offense and pardon it.

The offense is here seen as a debt (in we have “sins”), which recognizes that we owe to God our full obedience.

When we do not pay it we are debtors to God, and only he can remit the debt.

The Nature of Man

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What do we owe God?

The Debt of Rebellion

In Relation to Others

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One does not gain forgiveness by forgiving.

But a person evidences his or her own forgiveness by forgiving others.

Since this is family forgiveness, our sense of forgiveness is denied us when we deny forgiveness to others.