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Luke 6:31

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

KJV

καὶ καθὼς θέλετε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς ὁμοίως.

Greek NT

Et prout vultis ut faciant vobis homines, et vos facite illis similiter.

Vulgate

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

ASV

And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοίως
omoios
adverb · 31×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἄνθρωποι | WH/NIV: ἄνθρωποι | Treg/RP: + καὶ ὑμεῖς
  • ἄνθρωποι — SBLGNT
  • ἄνθρωποι — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + καὶ ὑμεῖς — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1789Some rules apply in every case: - One may never do evil so that good may result from it; - the Golden Rule: "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them."56 - charity always proceeds by way of respect for one's neighbor and his conscience: "Thus sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience . . . you sin against Christ."57 Therefore "it is right not …
§1970The Law of the Gospel requires us to make the decisive choice between "the two ways" and to put into practice the words of the Lord.26 It is summed up in the Golden Rule, "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; this is the law and the prophets."27 The entire Law of the Gospel is contained in the "new commandment" of Jesus, to love one another as he has loved…
§96And first of all let us imitate the breadth of His love. For the Church, the Bride of Christ, is one; and yet so vast is the love of the divine Spouse that it embraces in His Bride the whole human race without exception. Our Savior shed His Blood precisely in order that He might reconcile men to God through the Cross, and might constrain them to unite in one body, however widel…
Abba Poemen said, "Do not do to another what you hate having done to you."

Cross-references

  • Eph 6:9 — And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
  • Gal 5:14 — For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
  • Jas 2:8 — If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
  • Matt 7:12 — Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
  • Matt 7:12 — Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
  • Matt 22:39 — And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.