Matthew 5:16

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Summary

Matthew 5:16

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

Your light

And

Your father

General references

Exodus 34:35

Proverbs 4:18

Bible References

Your light

But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn, - going on and brightening, unto meridian day.

Then, shall break forth, as the dawn, thy light, And thy new flesh shall speedily grow, - Then shall go before thee, thy righteousness, the glory of Yahweh shall bring up thy rear:

Arise - shine, For thy light, hath come, - And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed;

And, this besides, - knowing the season - that it is an hour already for you out of sleep to be wakened; for, now, is our salvation nearer than when we believed:

For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord, - as children of light, be walking,

In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

To the end ye might be walking in a manner worthy of God, who is calling you unto his own kingdom and glory,

Hence, then, let us not be sleeping, as the rest, but let us watch and be sober: -

But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvellous light: -

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and are reporting unto you, - that, God, is, light, and in him is, no darkness at all.

And

To appoint unto the mourners of Zion - To give unto them A chaplet instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of the spirit of dejection, - So shall they be called The oaks of righteousness, The plantation of Yahweh: That he may get himself glory

Herein, was my Father glorified, that, much fruit, ye should bear, and become my disciples.

And, so, falling down upon his face, he will do homage unto God, reporting that, in reality, God is, among you.

Of many who, through the proof of this ministry, are glorifying God for your acknowledged submission unto the glad-message of the Christ, and for the liberality of the fellowship, unto them, and unto all, -

And they were glorifying, God, in me.

Whensoever he shall come, to be made all-glorious in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all who believed, - because our witness unto you was believed, - in that day.

Having, your behaviour among the nations, honourable, - in order that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, owing to the honourable works they are permitted to behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

If any one speaketh, as oracles of God, if any one ministereth, as of strength which, God, supplieth, - that, in all things, God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, - unto whom are the glory and the dominion, unto the ages of ages. Amen!

Your father

That ye may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because, his sun, he maketh arise on evil and good, and sendeth rain, on just and unjust.

Thus, therefore pray, ye: Our Father, who art in the heavens, - Hallowed be thy name,

And, father, be none of you called, upon the earth, for, one, is your Father, the Heavenly;

And he said unto them - Whensoever ye are praying, say - Father! Hallowed be thy name, Come may thy kingdom,

General references

the sons of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses face shone, - so Moses again put the veil over his face, until he went in to speak with him.

But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn, - going on and brightening, unto meridian day.