The Lamp of the Body

Matthew 6:22

In 9 translations

BSB: The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.Literally If your eye is sound; see Proverbs 22:9
KJV: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
WEB: “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
ASV: The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
LSV: The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, your eye may be perfect, all your body will be enlightened,
YLT: 'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,
DBY: The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:
DRC: The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome.
GNV: The light of the body is the eye: if then thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

Word order: Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ᾖ elsewhere in this verse.
Spelling of φωτεινὸν: Westcott–Hort: φωτινὸν.

SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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SBLGNT: ᾖ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ᾖ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς ᾖ.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Ὁ λύχνος τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός. ἐὰν οὖν ᾖ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινὸν ἔσται·
RP2018: Ὁ λύχνος τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός· ἐὰν οὖν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινὸν ἔσται·
TR-Boyd: Ὁ λύχνος τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός· ἐὰν οὖν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινὸν ἔσται·
SCR1894: ο λυχνος του σωματος εστιν ο οφθαλμος εαν ουν ο οφθαλμος σου απλους η ολον το σωμα σου φωτεινον εσται

Who and where

◆ Sermon on the Mount

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Simplicity Light Sermon on the mount Sermon on the Plain, The Single, Eye Sermon Lamp Alms; Almsgiving Beg; Beggar; Begging Ethics

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Cross-references most cited first

Luke 11:34–36Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness. Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness. So…
2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,

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