<p>6:34 <i>And if you lend to those of whom you hope to receive, what praise do you have? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much</i>- As noted on :32 and :33, there is no grace s.w. &quot;praise&quot; in giving when we hope to receive back in this life. This is the way of secular society and groups within it. From whom do we receive grace or praise? Surely from the Father, the source of grace. Secular people do good (:33) and lend to others because they hope to receive again &quot;as much&quot;, literally, the same kind of thing. Our spiritual investment is of an altogether different character. We will not receive back in this life from those we give to. But we are banking in Heaven, and at judgment day, will receive back the grace we are so desperately in need of. Then we shall receive &quot;praise of God&quot; (1 Cor. 4:5), according to the parable, the Lord will go through our good works to weak people and praise us for them. We will indeed &quot;receive&quot; for what we do, but not &quot;as much&quot;, not in the same coin, not things of the same nature which we gave. There is a radical exchange going on- our lending to others, be it literally or in terms of the gift of forgiveness, time and grace, shall be recompensed- but not from them, and on a far more wonderful level.</p>