Matthew 5:16

Let your light shine before others so they see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. It defines the goal of Christian witness as God's glory.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Pet 2:12having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
• Titus 2:7in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,
• John 15:8“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
• 1 Jn 1:5–7This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
• Phil 2:15–16that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
• Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• Isa 60:1–3“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
• 1 Pet 3:16having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.
• 1 Pet 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
• Isa 58:8Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you; and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.
• 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
• Titus 3:14Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
• 2 Cor 9:13seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
• Heb 10:24Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
• Eph 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
• 1 Tim 6:18that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• Rom 13:11–14Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
• Prov 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
• 2 Th 1:10–12when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
• 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Th 2:12to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
• 1 Th 5:6–8so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.
• 1 Tim 5:25In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.
• Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
• 1 Pet 3:1In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
• Acts 9:36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
• Titus 3:7–8that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
• Matt 5:45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
• Isa 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
• 1 Tim 5:10being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
• Matt 6:1–5“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
• 1 Tim 2:10but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.
• Luke 11:2He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
• Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,
• Gal 1:24And they glorified God in me.
• 1 Cor 14:25And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
• Matt 23:5But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
• Matt 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
• Matt 6:9Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
• Matt 6:16“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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