Luke 6:32 (YLT)

Passage

and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;

Nearby Context

Luke 6:30 `And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

Luke 6:31 and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

Luke 6:32 and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;

Luke 6:33 and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;

Luke 6:34 and if ye lend <FI>to those<Fi> of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners--that they may receive again as much.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "and--if", "love", "loving", and "sinful". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "and as ye wish that men may..." into verse 33's "and if ye do good to those...", so "grace" and "and--if" 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 "grace" and "and--if" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.