Matthew 5:16 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:16

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

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Commentary

5 voices

Desert Fathers

The Desert Fathers, Sayings of the Early Christian Monks (500)

Hyperichius said, 'He who teaches others by his life and not his speech is truly wise.'

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let your light so shine - Or more literally, Thus let your light shine, Ουτω λαμψατω το φως. As the sun is lighted up in the firmament of heaven to diffuse its light and heat freely to every inhabitant of the earth; and as the lamp is not set under the bushel, but placed upon the lamp-stand that it may give light to all in the house; Thus let every follower of Christ, and especially every preacher of the Gospel, diffuse the light of heavenly knowledge, and the warmth of Divine love through the whole circle of their acquaintance.

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The Church Fathers2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verset 14 et suiv.) You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Tertullian

On the Apparel of Women Book II (220)

For what purpose, except that malice may have no access at all to you, or that you may be an example and testimony to the evil? Else, what is (that): "Let your works shine? " Why, moreover, does the Lord call us the light of the world; why has He compared us to a city built upon a mountain; if we do not shine in (the midst of) darkness, and stand eminent amid them who are sunk down? If you hide your lamp beneath a bushel, you must necessarily be left quite in darkness, and be run against by many.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὕτως	houtōs	Thus	G3779 →
λαμψάτω	lampsatō	should shine	G2989 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
φῶς	phōs	light	G5457 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
ἔμπροσθεν	emprosthen	before	G1715 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπων	anthrōpōn	men	G444 →
ὅπως	hopōs	so that	G3704 →
ἴδωσιν	idōsin	they may see	G1492 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	your	G4771 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
καλὰ	kala	good	G2570 →
ἔργα	erga	works	G2041 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δοξάσωσιν	doxasōsin	they may glorify	G1392 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα	patera	Father	G3962 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
τὸν	ton	who [is]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
οὐρανοῖς.¶	ouranois	heavens.	G3772 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 2:12
Conduct 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.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:16
  keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
- Titus 2:7–8
  In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- Philippians 2:15–16
  so 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
- 2 Corinthians 8:21
  For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
Through
John 15:8
This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
leads to
- John 8:31
  So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
- Philippians 1:11
  filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- 2 Corinthians 9:10–15
  Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Through
Titus 2:7
In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:3
  not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.