Luke 6:32

32 "And if you love those who love you, what kind of credit is [that] to you? For even sinners love those who 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 Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes away your things, do not ask for [them back].

31 And just as you want people {to do} to you, do {the same} to them.

32 "And if you love those who love you, what kind of credit is [that] to you? For even sinners love those who love them!

33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what kind of credit is [that] to you? Even the sinners do the same!

34 And if you lend [to those] from whom you expect to receive [back], what kind of credit is [that] to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may get back an equal [amount]!