7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ 1 will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
6:46 “Why 2 do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ 3 and don’t do what I tell you? 4
1 sn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.
2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
3 tn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.
4 sn Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you? Respect is not a matter of mere words, but is reflected in obedient action. This short saying, which is much simpler than its more developed conceptual parallel in Matt 7:21-23, serves in this form to simply warn and issue a call to hear and obey, as the last parable also does in vv. 47-49.