Luke 6:32 (WEB)

Passage

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

Luke 6:31 “As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

Luke 6:32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

Luke 6:33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Luke 6:34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "love", "credit", "even", and "sinners". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "love" and "credit", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "As you would like people to do..." into verse 33's "If you do good to those who...", so "love" and "credit" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "love" and "credit" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.