Matthew 18:20 - A Brother who Sins (2024)

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New International Version
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”New Living Translation
For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”English Standard Version
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”Berean Standard Bible
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”Berean Literal Bible
For where two or three are gathered together unto My name, there am I in their midst."King James Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.New King James Version
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”New American Standard Bible
For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”NASB 1995
“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”NASB 1977
“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst.”Legacy Standard Bible
For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”Amplified Bible
For where two or three are gathered in My name [meeting together as My followers], I am there among them.”Christian Standard Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”Holman Christian Standard Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.” American Standard Version
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”Contemporary English Version
Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you. Douay-Rheims Bible
For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. English Revised Version
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.GOD'S WORD® Translation
Where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."Good News Translation
For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them." International Standard Version
because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."Literal Standard Version
for where there are two or three gathered together—to My Name, there am I in the midst of them.”Majority Standard Bible
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”New American Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” NET Bible
For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them." New Revised Standard Version
For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”New Heart English Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."Webster's Bible Translation
For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.Weymouth New Testament
For where there are two or three assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them."World English Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.” Young's Literal Translation
for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'Additional Translations ...

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(20) Where two or three . . .--The true meaning of the words is well embodied in the well-known patristic axiom, Ubi tres, ibi Ecclesia ("Where three are there is a church"). The strength of the Christian society was not to be measured by a numerical standard, but by its fulfilment of the true conditions of its life. The presence of Christ was as true and mighty, His communion with His Church as real, when His followers were but as a remnant, as when they were gathered in the great congregation. He would be with the "two or three" (there is, perhaps, a special reference to the self-same words in Matthew 18:16), to plead for them as the great High Priest, to impart Himself to them, to ratify their decisions.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 20. - The promise is applied to the public prayer of the congregation, as we see in what is called "the prayer of St. Chrysostom" in the English Prayer book. Are gathered together. For the purpose of worship. It is a simpler form of the word used in Hebrews 10:25, "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together." In my Name (εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα); literally, into my Name; i.e. with love to me, yearning for union with me, and acting for my glory. This would imply decent and orderly meeting for the highest ends. There am I in the midst of them. Christ promises a real, actual presence, though invisible, as true as when he appeared to his disciples after his resurrection, as true as when the Shechinah shone in tabernacle or temple. The rabbis had a saying that if two sat at table and conversed about the Law of God, the Shechinah rested upon them. The promise in the text, of course, implies Christ's omnipresence and omniscience. This is his blessing on united, congregational prayer. Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

For
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

Matthew 18:20 - A Brother who Sins (2024)

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