And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
NMV“And if you greet your friends only, what do you do more than others? Do not the Goyim [Gentiles] do the same?”
OJBAnd if you give Drishat Shalom (greetings) only to your Achim, what extraordinary thing are you doing? Don't even the Goyim do the same?
TCENTAnd if you greet only your friends, what are you doing that is out of the ordinary? Do not even the tax collectors do that?
T4TIf you want God to bless only your friends, ◄you are not acting any better than other people!/are you acting any better than other people?► [RHQ] Even the non-Jews, who you think sin very much (OR, you think are unacceptable to God), want God to bless their friends [RHQ], but God does not reward them for that.