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Blessed (happy, [a]to be envied, and [b]spiritually prosperous—[c]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:3 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon of the Greek New Testament.
  2. Matthew 5:3 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. Matthew 5:3 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.

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