Matthew 6:9 KJV
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matthew 6:9 MKJV
Therefore pray in this way: Our Father, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Matthew 6:9 NKJV
“In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Matthew 6:9 KJV 2000
After this manner therefore pray: Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Interlinear KJV
After this manner /houto/ therefore /oun/ pray /proseuchomai/ ye: /humeis/ Our /hemon/ Father /pater/ which /ho/ art in /en/ heaven, /ouranos/ Hallowed be /hagiazo/ thy /sou/ name. /onoma/
British Family Bible
After this manner therefore pray ye: The Lord’s Prayer stands unrivalled in every circumstance that constitutes the perfection of prayer, and the excellence of that species of composition. It is concise, it is perspicuous, it is solemn, it is comprehensive; it is adapted to all ranks, conditions, and classes of men; it fixes our thoughts on a few great important points, and impresses on our minds a deep sense of the goodness and the greatness of that Almighty Being to whom it is addressed. It begins with acknowledging Him to be our most gracious and merciful Father: it begs that his name may be every where reverenced, that his religion may spread over the earth, and that his will may be obeyed by men with the same ardour, and alacrity, and constancy, that it is by the angels in heaven. It next entreats the supply of all our essential wants, both temporal and spiritual; a sufficiency of those things that are absolutely necessary for our subsistence; the forgiveness of our transgressions, on condition that we forgive our brethren; and, finally, support under the temptations that assault our virtue, and deliverance from the various evils and calamities that every where surround us; expressing at the same time the utmost trust and confidence in the power of God, to grant whatever He sees is expedient and proper for his creatures to receive. Bp. Porteus.
The Lord’s Prayer, for a succession of solemn thoughts, for fixing the attention on a few great points, for suitableness to every condition, for sufficiency, for conciseness without obscurity, for the weight and real importance of its petitions, is without an equal or a rival. Archdeacon Paley.
Of all the applications to the Supreme Being which are extant, and are of a general nature, not receiving an additional force from the uncommon or moving circumstances of those who made them, this now before us, the prayer of our Lord, is undoubtedly the best; being at once the most rational and the most devout. It would have been so esteemed by all judges, if the name of its author had never been known to us; so that, whether we consider the preaching or the prayer of our Redeemer, the observation is equally just, that “never man spake like this man.” Joh 7:46. Dr. Ogden.
This prayer is called the Lord’s Prayer, because it was taught us by our Lord Jesus Christ , in whose name we pray unto God the Father. In consists of three general parts: the introduction, “Our Father which art in heaven;” the petitions; and the doxology or conclusion with praises to God. Abp. Wake, Oxford Catechism.
— Our Father: God is the Father of the universe; all nature owes its being and support to Him. He bears a nearer degree of the same relation to all spiritual beings, endowed with intelligence and capable of virtue; who have received a greater portion of his kindness and care, and shew or may shew a stronger resemblance of their Divine Parent. Of man, in particular, it is said, that he was created in the image of God; and he is styled his son. A good man may with still better hopes make use of this endearing appellation, and a good Christian above all. He is born again, from above, by the operation of the same Divine Spirit, by which the eternal Word was incarnate, and became the Redeemer of men: and he is made an heir of God and joint-heir with Christ. By Him he is taught and authorized, as he is prompted by that Spirit, to lay claim to the relation, and by it to address his applications to the Maker of all things. Dr. Ogden.
— Our Father, which art in heaven, By the words “our Father,” we express not only the absolute authority, but the unspeakable goodness of God; and by the words, “which art in heaven,” we acknowledge his glory and power. God is our Father, as having created us in common with all other beings: in a stricter sense, the Father of us rational creatures, as having created us in his own image and likeness, also as exercising a fatherly care and providence over us; and in a more peculiar sense the Father of Christians, as having united them by faith unto his Son our “head,” 1Co 11:3, and made us his children by adoption, “heirs of himself, and joint-heirs with Christ,” Ro 8:17. We address Him as being “in heaven,” not as if his spiritual essence could cease to be every where present, but because the Scriptures represent Him as manifesting the more visible tokens of his inexpressible Majesty in heaven, which is his “throne” and “tabernacle,” Ps 11:4; Heb 8:1,2; where He receives the homage of his holy angels, and issues forth his commands for the government of the world. Abp. Secker. By saying “our Father,” and not “my Father,” we are taught to pray in brotherly charity for others, as well as for ourselves. Oxford Catechism.
— Hallowed be thy name. The “name” of God means here God Himself, his person and attributes; and to hallow his name signifies to think of Him as a holy being, and to behave towards Him accordingly. By this petition therefore we beg of God that his glorious name and our holy profession be not blasphemed, but glorified by ourselves and others, in thought, word, and deed. Abp. Secker, Oxford Catechism.