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Mat 7:12. Οὖν, therefore) The sum of all that has been said from the beginning of the chapter. He concludes [this portion of the discourse], and at the same time returns to ch. Mat 5:17. The conclusion corresponds with the commencement. And we ought to imitate the Divine goodness, mentioned in Mat 7:11.-θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν, ye would that they should do) “Ye would:” this is pointedly said (notanter): for men often do otherwise [than what ye would that they should do]. We are not to follow their example. Sc. by benefiting, not injuring.-οἱ ἄνθρωποι, men) The indefinite appellation of men, frequently employed by the Saviour, already alludes to the future propagation of His teaching throughout the whole human race.-οὓτω, thus) The same things in the same way: or thus, as I have told you up to this point.-οὗτος, this) The law and the prophets enjoin many other things, as for example the love of God: but yet the law and the prophets also tend to this as their especial scope, viz. whatsoever ye would, etc., and he who performs this, performs all the rest more easily: see ch. Mat 19:19.