“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? The anxiety teaching follows from the treasure and master teaching: if God is master and heavenly treasure is the goal, then anxiety about earthly provision is the inconsistency that needs addressing. The therefore connects the anxiety prohibition to the wealth teaching. The life-is-more-than-food argument is the first of Jesus' reasons for refusing anxiety: the God who gave the greater gift (life) will certainly give the lesser gift (food). Philippians 4:6 extends the same command: do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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