Luke 6:32

32 And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.

Luke 6:32 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:32

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye?
&c.] Or, "what grace have ye?" this is no fruit, nor evidence of grace, nor any exercise of the true grace of love; nor is it any favour conferred upon the object loved, which deserves the respect shown, nor can any reward be expected for such treatment: and thus it is expressed in Matthew, "what reward have ye?" and the Arabic version renders it so here:

for sinners also love those who love them:
men that are destitute of the grace of God, profligate sinners, even the worst of them, such as publicans, do this; (See Gill on Matthew 5:46).

Luke 6:32 In-Context

30 To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.

31 And as ye wish that men should do to you, do *ye* also to them in like manner.

32 And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.

33 And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

34 And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? [for] even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.