Matthew 5:16

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Commentary

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven--As nobody lights a lamp only to cover it up, but places it so conspicuously as to give light to all who need light, so Christians, being the light of the world, instead of hiding their light, are so to hold it forth before men that they may see what a life the disciples of Christ lead, and seeing this, may glorify their Father for so redeeming, transforming, and ennobling earth's sinful children, and opening to themselves the way to like redemption and transformation.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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