Matius 5:45
Konteks5:45 so that you may be like 1 your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Yakobus 1:17
Konteks1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift 2 is from above, coming down 3 from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. 4
[5:45] 1 tn Grk “be sons of your Father in heaven.” Here, however, the focus is not on attaining a relationship (becoming a child of God) but rather on being the kind of person who shares the characteristics of God himself (a frequent meaning of the Semitic idiom “son of”). See L&N 58.26.
[1:17] 2 tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.
[1:17] 3 tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”
[1:17] 4 tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).