Matthew 5:16

In 9 translations

BSB

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

KJV

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

WEB

Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

ASV

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

LSV

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who [is] in the heavens.

YLT

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who [is] in the heavens.

DBY

Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

DRC

So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

GNV

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

οὕτως λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα καὶ δοξάσωσιν τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

RP2018

Οὕτως λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα, καὶ δοξάσωσιν τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

TR-Boyd

Οὕτω λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα, καὶ δοξάσωσι τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

SCR1894

ουτως λαμψατω το φως υμων εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων οπως ιδωσιν υμων τα καλα εργα και δοξασωσιν τον πατερα υμων τον εν τοις ουρανοις

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• 1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
• Titus 2:7In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
• John 15:8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
• 1 John 1:5–7And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the…
• Philippians 2:15–16so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the…
• Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• Isaiah 60:1–3Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear…
• 1 Peter 3:16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
• 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• Titus 3:14And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
• 2 Corinthians 9:13Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
• Hebrews 10:24And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
• Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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