Matthew 5:16

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¹⁴ You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

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

¹⁷ Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

¹⁸ For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY: Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
BLB: Thus let your⁺ light shine before men, so that they may see your⁺ good works and may glorify your⁺ Father who [is] in the heavens.

ÅB: La deres lys skinne for menneskene, slik at de kan se de gode gjerningene deres og prise Faren deres i himmelen!
OTB: På samme måte skal deres lys skinne for menneskene, så de kan se deres gode gjerninger og prise deres Far i himmelen.
B1930: La således eders lys skinne for menneskene, forat de kan se eders gode gjerninger og prise eders Fader i himmelen!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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Titus 2:7
In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
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John 15:8
This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
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1 John 1:5–7
And 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.
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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
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Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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Isaiah 60:1–3
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
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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.
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